The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming ...

When we think of the wonders our universe has to offer, our minds instantly drift to the heavy hitters: the Grand Canyon, the ...

This video challenges the common, simplified view of the solar system animation by illustrating the dynamic and complex ...

Every planet in the Solar System, including Earth, orbits a shared center of mass rather than the geometric center of the Sun ...

If you suspect that an emergency may happen in the following days, make sure that your power station is fully charged (use AC ...

A distant quasar has revealed one of the most extreme ultraviolet outflows ever observed, providing new clues about the ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

The government has invited global bids for fresh surveys across four key east coast basins as it looks to unlock untapped oil and natural gas reserves.

The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar ...

Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a tiny icy world that shouldn’t be able to hold one at all. The object, called ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, when the solar system was born from a vast cloud that collapsed to form the sun and a surrounding disk of whirling gas, no planets yet orbited our star. Back then, besides ...