This invisible boundary, located about 100 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun (one AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the ...

When people picture space, they often imagine endless black emptiness dotted with planets and stars. But new research shows ...

The strange 3I/ATLAS comet that was recently discovered to be speeding through our solar system could actually be the work of evil aliens — at least, if you believe the argument in a controversial new ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Did you know that the National Air rand Space Museum has researchers that study the solar system? Planetary scientists Sharon Wilson Purdy, Mariah Baker, and Emily Martin from our Center for Earth and ...

LONDON — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in the sharpest view yet captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, helping astronomers ...