The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently ...

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

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

NASA and IBM led the development of a groundbreaking new heliophysics AI model, validated by a team of scientists from eight American institutions led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Andrés ...

NASA confirms the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object. The ATLAS project spotted it in June 2025. Its speed and trajectory confirm it's not bound by the Sun. Scientists are eager to ...

NASA reported sunspot region 4114 unleashed a powerful X1.2-class solar flare on June 17, disrupting shortwave radio communication, especially over the Pacific, including Hawaii. Frequencies below 25 ...

A brand-new group of frozen objects, orbiting the sun out beyond the distant Kuiper Belt, has been spotted by the Subaru telescope, working with NASA's New Horizons mission to find new targets for the ...

A renowned physicist believes he's cracked the mystery of where a giant unidentified object hurtling through our solar system came from. Harvard physicist Avi Loeb and student researcher Shokhruz ...

The birth of a new solar system may have been caught on camera. About 1,400 light-years from Earth sits a young sunlike star surrounded by cooling gas and teensy silicate minerals. These mineral ...

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 ...