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

NASA is preparing to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - and possibly our best chance at a second home in the solar system ...

Prepare to journey to the sixth planet from the Sun — Saturn, the celestial jewel of our solar system. Known for its ...

Astronomers have discovered that Saturn has thrown a newly found comet on its way out of the solar system. Comet A117uUD is expected to go interstellar at 6,700 mph.

Astronomers believe they have discovered a fast-moving comet that Saturn sent careening out of our solar system at a speed far eclipsing humanity's fastest fighter jets. Though the planetary ...

According to Sky & Telescope, the best date for viewing it is September 20. Saturn is going to be at opposition on September ...

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of ...

In contrast, when Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago, or during the era called the Late Heavy Bombardment about 4 billion years ago, "the solar system was far more chaotic," Hyodo said.

Mercury and Saturn exist in two separate halves of the solar system, divided by the asteroid belt. Mercury is followed by Venus, Earth and Mars, all rocky planets.

We think of the earliest epochs in our solar system as the hot times, when all the activity happens, then everything evolves toward a quieter state. Pluto’s moon Charon might have lost an ocean.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible gas giant the size of Saturn in the stellar system nearest our own ...