Learn how the Parker Solar Probe detected charged dust that may help explain why the Sun’s corona gets so hot. Parker Solar Probe does not carry a dust detector, but when tiny grains near the sun ...

Not everyone get to hold dust brought from outer space in a container they built, but that's exactly what came true for a young Colombian researcher. The Japanese space agency's Hayabusa2 mission ...

When the solar system was first organizing itself, a disk of gas and dust took shape around the sun's central mass. It eventually sorted itself into the system of planets we see today. But there are ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...