Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the cosmic chaos caused by swapping the orbits of certain planets in our solar ...

A new study, however, identifies a possible candidate. A separate team of astronomers compared 1983 data from the Infrared ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

Our solar system’s largest planet stands just north of Zeta Tau, the tip of one of Taurus the Bull’s two horns.

Flower Mound, Texas, was named one of the best places to live in the U.S. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious,” states a Cambridge University press release.

Scientists directed NASA’s Perseverance rover to take an image of the Martian sky after a solar storm in hopes that an aurora ...