The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

Voyager has boldly ventured to a stunning 50,000-degree boundary, revealing new insights into the solar system's mysteries.

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on December 19, and will be visible with binoculars ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. To us everything seems normal. Our planet, blue and bursting ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a cold cloud of gas and dust buried deep in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms started to collapse. From there, gravity worked its magic. The cloud began to ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...