Lovers of the stars, sky and space have had the option to study astronomy on the curriculum since September 2017, when ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Researchers have been focusing on the study of our solar system for centuries, looking at the physics, dynamics, as well as the composition of solar system bodies. Our solar system – which includes ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...