Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Could you survive a day on every planet in our solar system? Experience the extreme conditions across the planets in a single ...

New evidence shows that, far beyond Pluto, there may exist a hypothetical planet referred to as Planet X or Planet Nine.

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

Astronomers have revealed that the real center of our solar system isn't the sun. Gravity is playing a part in everything. The barycenter is the center.

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...

A NASA-funded survey telescope in Chile first observed the comet in July.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.