An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

The universe ... of the solar system and is the source of comets that visit the inner solar system, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, and the inner rocky planets Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury.

New research suggests the Oort Cloud may have a spiral structure like a mini galaxy. Supercomputer models reveal its ...

NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for a thrilling double-mission launch on March 6, aiming to unlock cosmic secrets and solar ...

PUNCH isn't the only spacecraft studying the solar corona and the transition into the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe ...

The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently, a group of researchers ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or call the information line (804-752-3210) for dates and times.

The proximity and the approach make Alpha Centauri a great case study for the spread of interstellar objects. That is why ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...

NASA's PUNCH and SPHEREx missions are scheduled to launch no earlier than Friday (Feb. 28). Here's what each is built to do, ...

Wolf 359, a red dwarf star just 7.8 light-years away, could host planets, but extreme X-ray and ultraviolet radiation make ...