At the edge of our solar system, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto represent some of the most extreme and mysterious destinations ...

Since the dawn of the solar system, rocky visitors from deep space have blazed across Earth’s skies. When will the next asteroid or interstellar object make its pass by our planet?

The largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could ...

The Solar System is the name given to the part of space that surrounds the Sun. Even though it is bigger than anything we can imagine, the Solar System is actually a very tiny part of the universe.

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker ...

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A rare observation opportunity revealed the presence of a thin atmosphere around a small object beyond Pluto.

Research in Solar System planetary science spans the origin, evolution and present‐day processes affecting planets, moons, minor bodies and their interactions. The field addresses how protoplanetary ...

There’s a SMILE beaming down from high above Earth. On May 19, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of ...

"This dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar system and end up on Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is ...