Welcome to SolarBalls, featuring fun and educational space animations that help you learn about the solar system and the ...

For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent discoveries are reshaping that view, revealing that our cosmic neighborhood may ...

Last week at the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, planetary scientists and astronomers discussed how new machine-learning techniques are changing the way we learn about our ...

On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will create a “ring of fire” in the sky from Oregon to Texas. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies from Texas to Maine.

Published: December 15, 2024 10:32pm EST In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar System. It wasn’t aliens.