Astronomers have recently detected a rogue planet entering our solar system, marking a rare event that has sparked ...

Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...

When scaled accurately, the distances in our solar system are so vast that planets appear incredibly far apart. Voyager 1, ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the ...

Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.

The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system objects called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). 2020 VN40 is the first object discovered that orbits the sun once for ...

Astronomy Solar System Mars Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists, powerful solar storm shows News By Meredith Garofalo published June 13, 2024 ...

By any real definition, even the fuzzy ones, Voyager 1 was still well within the solar system—certainly, it was (and still is, and will be for some time) closer to the sun than most of the TNOs ...