Solar System
New Discovery Stirs Up Signs of the Elusive Planet 9
A new minor planet called "the Goblin" is the second most distant known object in the solar system
Astronomers Say This Reflective Space Sculpture Will Cause Unneeded Light Pollution. The Artist Argues Otherwise
‘Orbital Reflector,’ a 100-foot long, diamond-shaped balloon, aims to inspire humans to gaze up at the night sky with a renewed sense of wonder
Most of Mars' Dust Comes From One Place
Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons
The new satellites are mostly tiny and include one oddball that is on a collision course with some of the 78 other moons orbiting the planet
How Jupiter May Have Gifted Early Earth With Water
A new model of the solar system suggest we have gas giants to thank for our watery world
Jupiter's Lightning Is More Earth-Like Than We Thought
Juno is providing scientists with new insights into the gas giant's flashes of light
Is the Mysterious Planet Nine Just a Swarm of Asteroids?
Researchers investigate alternative explanations for wacky orbits of objects in our solar system
Is This Backwards-Orbiting Asteroid an Interstellar Visitor?
The space rock could have been captured from another star system during the early days of our solar system
An Asteroid Will Hurtle Past Earth Tonight in Close Flyby
While the space rock poses no danger to our planet, such a close pass is uncommon for asteroids of this size
A New Look at Old Data Suggests Europa Shoots Watery Plumes Into Space
Scientists made the surprising discovery by turning the powers of modern computing on 1997 data collected during the Galileo mission
Venus and Jupiter May Meddle With Earth's Orbit and Climate
In 405,000-year cycles, the tug of nearby planets causes hotter summers, colder winters and drier droughts on our home planet
The Sun Will Produce a Beautiful Planetary Nebula When It Dies
A new model of stellar death shows our low-mass star has enough juice to produce a beautiful ring of gas and dust before winking out
New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
The map includes 1.7 billion stars and is already revealing new details about star evolution and the formation of our galaxy
Diamonds Trapped in Strange Meteorite Came From Solar System's Earliest Planets
Impurities in the diamonds could only have formed within a planet the size of Mercury or Mars
70,000 Years Ago, a Passing Star Shook Up Our Solar System
The red dwarf likely came within one light-year of the sun, altering the course of some asteroids and comets
Purple Haze: Alien Atmospheres Recreated In the Lab
By combining various gases with plasma, researchers are learning about the haze around distant planets
New Juno Data Gives Unprecedented Glimpse Beneath Jupiter's Stormy Shell
The massive planet's storm go much deeper than previously suspected and its interior rotates nearly as a solid mass
Some of Earth's Deep Sea Microbes Could Survive on Saturn's Moon
A methane-producing archaea survived simulations of Enceladus' extreme conditions, hinting at the possibility of similar extraterrestrial life
New Horizons Snaps Farthest Image Ever Taken From Earth
Drifting 3.79 billion miles from home, the NASA probe took pictures of two Kuiper Belt objects
Is SpaceX Being Environmentally Responsible?
Falcon Heavy’s flashy space car may not have been the best idea—for Mars
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