We all picture the Solar System as a neat cosmic racetrack with planets orbiting the Sun on a flat, organized path. But have you ever wondered what lies above and below that path? In this video, we ...

The solar system holds extraordinary wonders, from Voyager 1’s historic journey into interstellar space after traveling billions of miles, to Uranus spinning on its side with extreme seasons lasting ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

The Earth's movement is primarily directed towards the star Lambda Herculis at an approximate speed of 45,000 mph (72,000 km/h). This velocity, while significant, would require approximately 5.5 ...

What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be? From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest, to the ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons. Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky – with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX ...

The spacecraft will study the solar system's edge, magnetic fields in interplanetary space, and remnants of exploded stars.

A planet parade featuring all seven of the other planets in the solar system will peak tonight, just over a month since the last one. If you missed January’s spectacle, make sure you tune in to this ...