And new research suggests runaway worlds taken in by the solar system ... between Earth and the sun). The work also reveals that our planetary system is capable of drawing in bodies much bigger ...

A new 8K camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife captures images of the Sun's surface in stunning detail.

But for Earth and the other planets that revolve around it, the sun is a powerful center of attention. It holds the solar system together; provides life-giving light, heat, and energy to Earth ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a solar mystery. Even though everything in the solar system revolves around the sun, scientists have yet to unlock many of the star’s secrets.

This diagram shows the orbital distribution of extrasolar ... Most of these extrasolar planets are much closer to their host stars than the innermost planets of our solar system are to the sun.

MIT engineers have built a new desalination system that runs with the rhythms of the sun. The solar-powered system ... Electrodialysis uses an electric field to draw out salt ions as water is ...

The sun likes ... part of a joined system. It has ultraviolet rays that can burn our skin and eyes and even drive extinction. Its light can disappear altogether during a solar eclipse and it ...

This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the night sky, and that's expected to continue as the sun is now in its ...