The future of our solar system has long captivated both scientists and stargazers alike. As highlighted in a recent Live Science article, our solar system, which has existed for 4.6 billion years, is ...

Contrary to allegations that 31/ATLAS is potentially hostile alien tech, the Manhattan-sized comet could provide potentially ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labeled as planet X, prominent astronomers ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolit ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...