solar system

A radio telescope has found evidence that planets might form at the same time as their stars, instead of much later as was previously thought. The telescope detected dark rings ...

The second interstellar object ever spotted passing through the solar system is a comet that appears like those ...

An amateur astronomer has found an interstellar object in the solar system, only the second such discovery ever made ...

A tiny moon was recently discovered around Neptune, said a study published Feb. 20 in the journal Nature. ...

NASA will be sending a spacecraft to one of the solar system’s more unique asteroids.

A few months ago, astronomers announced the existence of a potentially habitable planet outside our solar system. A ...

A new dwarf planet has been discovered hanging out in the far reaches of our solar system.

NASA selects its team to build a new $10 million gadget that will detect planets outside our solar ...

Microscopic dust particles found in material from a meteorite may have come from an stellar explosion that occurred ...

Astronomers are finding new exoplanets in other parts of the galaxy all the time. So why is it ...

From the mystery of methane on Mars to how Jupiter formed and whether there is microbial life on ...

A team of astronomers has discovered the largest solar system known yet, where planets can take nearly a ...

This year is shaping up to be another exciting one for space after a bonanza of discoveries and ...

The weather report predicted widespread clouds on the night of the lunar eclipse. But the clouds cleared in ...

Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life.

At one point in the history of the Earth, the land was pulled toward the equator. The shift ...

A slight wobble detected in Saturn’s moon Mimas suggests its icy surface is covering either an odd-shaped rocky ...

Astronomers world-wide are gearing up for what NASA calls a “once in a lifetime” event: the Comet Siding ...

Scientists know less about lightning than you may think. There isn't enough energy within Earth's atmosphere to produce ...

In 1999, US space agency NASA launched the Stardust spaceship with what seemed then to be extraordinary aims. ...

Over the past two decades, almost 1,500 exoplanets have been discovered orbiting distant stars – but Dutch astronomers ...

Dr. John C. Mather won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics along with George F. Smoot for their ...

Though we may think of the planets in our solar system as stable and fixed in their current ...

A new, planet-like body has been found on the outer edges of the solar system. This object, called ...

We've never seen it, but we're pretty sure it's there, and as we learn more about it we ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s smooth voice and cool manner steered the Ship of Imagination through the known history ...