Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...

The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

WASP-127b's diameter is about 30% larger than Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet. But its mass is only about 16% that ...

The Lawrence school board will soon learn what community members had to say in feedback sessions last fall about the district ...

Swiss energy producer Axpo has signed a ten-year deal with British Solar Renewables to buy power from BSR’s Wiltshire solar ...

From its formative role in the solar system to its effect on Earth’s technology, studying heliophysics is essential for understanding the immediate and far-reaching impacts of our nearest star. This ...

Solar System: Explore your knowledge about the solar system by solving the questions and answers provided below in the article. The solar system consists of stars, the Sun, 8 planets, dozens of ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has achieved an incredible feat, venturing closer to the Sun than ever before. On December 24, 2024, the spacecraft made a record-breaking approach, flying just 3.8 million ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...