The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in the sky, a small speck that grows larger and larger. Soon, it becomes clear: ...
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 ...
Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...
Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system.
While we haven't seen an interstellar comet being struck by a coronal mass ejection before, we have seen it happen to others. This happened on April 20, 2007, when NASA's STEREO A spacecraft saw Comet ...
The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...
Geomagnetic disturbances caused by solar activity could be increasing the risk of heart attacks here on Earth, according to a ...
The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously thought, astronomers say.