Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

Space artists can sometimes stretch scientific data for a bigger visual bang. At New York's natural history museum, they ...

A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago.. Then the planets began to emerge, as the billions of particles ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance ...

Penalising energy-conscious citizens with high fixed charges discourages investment in solar and punishes those reducing their reliance on a failing system. Monday, June 16, 2025 News ...

So far away, in fact, OF201 would take 25,000 Earth years to complete a solar lap. Its orbit even swings out into the Oort Cloud – a sphere of icy comets a trillion miles from the Sun.

As the ‘bird wing’ solar eruption's tail passes Earth, there’s still a slight chance of spotting the Northern Lights over parts of the UK on Friday night.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m., followed ...

“The solar system is really like somebody picked it up early on and shook it real hard,” Levison says. After launching this October, Lucy will fly by a series of target Trojans from 2027 to 2033.