While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's alien life closer to home — within the bounds of our solar system? The ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

Imagine living inside a giant invisible shield. Our Solar System is wrapped in such a shield, a bubble created by the Sun. Known as the heliosphere, it extends billions of kilometres into space and ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

At the time, astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted the highly unusual outburst in printed out records, annotating the major radio ...

The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...

In an extraordinary celestial event, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has made its presence known as it passed by Mars last week. This rare phenomenon marks only the third confirmed instance of an ...

Recent advancements in asteroid research have led to an extraordinary discovery: 63 new young asteroid families, ...

The European Space Agency also hoped to observe the interstellar object during its close approach to Mars using two ...