In the vast solar system, if one were to select a 'behind-the-scenes hero' whose impact on Earth is profound yet often overlooked, Jupiter would undoubtedly be the strongest candidate. This giant ...

Why do all planets in our solar system orbit the Sun the same way? This documentary unravels the cosmic forces, from the solar system’s violent birth to the hidden laws of physics, that keep the ...

Saturn is one of the most mesmerizing planets in our Solar System. Famous for its iconic rings, it is also a world of extreme ...

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 ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

This was an unexpected and coincidental discovery of a small, icy, egg-shaped planet in the outermost reaches of our solar ...

White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life. The Sun will eventually die. This will occur when it exhausts the hydrogen ...

Unpredictable and abrupt changes in the climate are fast approaching, but the rapid uptake of electric vehicles and solar power shows that societies can also ‘tip’ in ways that might head off the ...

The dwarf planet Pluto and its five known natural satellites (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra) may be frigid, but ...

University of Bristol astrophysicists are helping shed new light on an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away where liquid ...

Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a ...