Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...

In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar System. It wasn’t aliens. But artist impressions of the object (called ‘Oumuamua, the Hawaiian ...

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Why do we not see effects of dark matter in our solar system and other nearby star systems? Curran Rode Ammannsville, Texas Dark matter refers to material that does not absorb, reflect, or emit ...

Now, we have to keep going and going, because out here is the most distantly observed object ever in the history of our solar system, 11 feet away from the sun, 132 inches, 12 billion miles, is ...

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An illustration of the solar system (not to scale), including the sun, inner rocky planets, asteroid belt, the outer gassy planets, and—beyond Neptune—the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud.

Less than a week after The Wall St. Journal reported on how a Snapchat feature dubbed “solar system” was adding to teens’ anxiety, the company has responded by adjusting how the feature works.