New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our ...

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

A stark new discovery suggests that there could be big holes in our understanding of cosmology.

"These images are not just pretty." ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects may still be seen today.

Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, a 500 km-wide icy world famed for its south polar geysers spewing water from a ...

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The 3I/ATLAS object is unusual because it came to the Solar System from “interstellar space.” 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar ...