A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle reporter for Fox News Digital.

The Oort cloud, a theoretical spherical shell surrounding our solar system, extends from approximately 1,000-2,000 AU to potentially 100,000 AU, halfway to Alpha Centauri. Its existence is inferred ...

Comet 3I/Atlas is soon going to be closest to the Sun in its journey through our solar system. Here are five facts that shed light on this phenomenon.

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one million miles per hour as it traverses to the edge of interstellar space bathing ...

Our solar system could be hiding an extra planet in its outermost reaches. It is possible that a giant planet lurks in the Oort cloud, which begins hundreds of billions of kilometres beyond Pluto and ...

When you look up at the sky and see the sun beaming down at you, it’s hard to tell how truly big it is. So consider this: 1.3 million duplicates of Earth could comfortably fit inside of it, according ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Brad Gibson, Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for ...