Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.

Earth spins as it orbits the Sun, and the solar system is orbiting the galactic center. So, if I go outside and look up, in ...

A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

The Parker Solar Probe, partly designed by students and researchers in Colorado, survived its closest encounter with our sun, ...

New research sheds light on F-type stars. Could these hot and massive stars be the key to finding habitable planets and ...

On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the ...

The science of the sun and its effects on the solar system is a sprawling discipline that expects a very exciting 2025 ...

Scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from. But two populations of so-called dark comets may tell us.

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Keep your eyes on the sky this upcoming year for a chance to spot breathtaking meteor showers, a special view of Saturn and a ...