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 Webb Telescope reveals new insights into icy planetesimals, shedding light on the early solar system's evolution.

Detecting molecules on distant objects in our Solar System has been complex due to Earth’s atmospheric and instrumental ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...

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

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

Scientists hope the data from Parker will help them better understand why the Sun's outer atmosphere is hundreds of times ...

The spacecraft, located more than 24 billion kilometres away, was feared lost to the cosmic ocean after decades of travel. But, as Andrew Griffins writes, thanks to a daring feat of human ingenuity ...

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

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have revolutionized our understanding of the solar system's formation with ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history on Tuesday with a record-breaking flight around the sun, the space agency has ...