The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

Could our solar system have been temporarily exposed to an enhanced flux of cosmic-rays at some point in the ancient past?

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most dazzling and extreme geological features within our solar system ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...