Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system ... forged in the earliest days of our cosmic neighborhood.

NASA artist’s conception of a brown dwarf (main) and stock image of the planets in the solar system (inset). An object between 2 and 50 times the mass of Jupiter may have flown through our ...

This contributes to Mercury’s lack of a permanent atmosphere, as does its proximity to the source of the relentless solar wind. The presence of life on Earth causes oxygen to be abundant in the ...

Don't let the diagrams fool you, our Solar System's orbits aren't perfectly circular or flat. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Even given the right galactic alignments, the odds that ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

This image shows the Sun in visible light. It was taken by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft on March 22, 2023. What you see is the visible surface of ...

“NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system,” Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had it housed an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter instead of the existing asteroid belt. They developed a 3D model that simulates how the solar ...

An image of the solar system orbiting the Sun is seen at Solaris, Israel's new solar observatory, in Isfiya. (photo credit: Idan Media/GPO) Israel has just launched its first-ever solar ...

Then you will need a suitable telescope, one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system. But which one to choose? We've got you covered with our guide to the best ...