While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

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For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark ... according to NASA officials. “‘Planet parades’ are common — we had one back ...

“We think this is a so-called super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star at a distance that would lie between the orbits of Venus and Earth if it were in our solar system,” Terry said. NASA ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

"PUNCH is just going to be a really great unifier," Nicholeen Viall, PUNCH mission scientist at NASA's Goddard Space ... "That's an enormous volume of the solar system." But this is just half ...

Imagery from NASA does not disappoint and the multiple of active missions that are exploring the solar system continue to lead to more research of the many unknowns. This week, NASA published ...

The asteroid, which has been dubbed YR4, was first discovered on Dec. 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ... solar orbit still within its possible path. Back in January ...

From realistic NASA-based shuttles to fun lunar playsets ... If you'd prefer to leave our solar system behind and travel to a galaxy far far away, then we'd recommend taking a look at our guide ...