3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Using the combined might of spacecraft scattered across the Solar System, scientists have built the most detailed map yet of ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

Astronomers studying the outer solar system say the unusual alignment of distant objects points to the influence of Planet 9. Mathematical models suggest the odds of this pattern occurring by chance ...

Learn what the first maps of the sun's atmospheric boundary reveal about solar wind and its escape into space.

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar ...

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

The Sins of a Solar Empire 2 1.5 update overhauls the game's AI, turning its NPC factions from human-hating machines into ...