In most maps of the solar system, you can expect to see the eight canonical planets (plus whatever Pluto is at the moment) trailing the fiery orange sun like polite little ducklings in a row. In ...

"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure ...

A team using the LOFAR radio telescope network made this claim. They combined LOFAR data with two other sensitive radio ...

World views and the solar system -- Earth-centered world views in classical Europe -- Non-European world views -- Earth-centered world views in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Sun-centered and ...

The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, the first mission to examine the global interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, reveal ...

Who doesn't love a good map? I know I certainly do, and the more detailed the map, the better it is. So how about a map of our solar system? Don't worry. Biologist Eleanor Lutz has gone out of her way ...

If you ever go hiking on an asteroid, you’ll want to pack one of Robert Gaskell’s maps. Gaskell, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, is to our solar system’s frontier what Lewis and ...

NASA has added the Israeli SpaceIL ‘Beresheet’ spacecraft to its ‘Eyes on the Solar System’ simulator, which simulates a view of the solar system. The software is a fascinating way to provide a real ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Philip Metzger has a vision. The 30-year NASA veteran wants to unleash a fleet of hopping robots — tiny spacecraft that would ply the solar system, map distant worlds and prepare them for the arrival ...