Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

Venture into the extreme outer reaches of the solar system to explore the most distant and enigmatic bodies ever discovered. Meet Sedna, Gong Gong, and Eris as we investigate their strange orbits, ...

Meanwhile, the ESA’s (European Space Agency) Mars-based Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft has snapped a few images that the agency ...

Journey beyond Neptune to uncover the frozen, mysterious worlds that challenge everything we thought we knew about the solar ...

“Our analysis shows that the solar system is moving more than three times faster than current models predict,” Böhme ...

Scientists have finally confirmed a powerful coronal mass ejection from another star, using LOFAR radio data paired with ...

Scientists previously thought the solar system was flying through space at 515,000 mph. It may actually be going three times ...

The major objects in our solar system orbit along the plane of the ecliptic, plus or minus few degrees, and it turns out most ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

NASA found what looked like a planet, but its behavior was bizarre. Turns out, Einstein saw it coming, 88 years ago.

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...