Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

In the outer Solar System, far from the light and warmth of the Sun, things can get a little… hinky. There, clusters of rocks have been orbiting in weird loops that some astronomers have attributed to ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories observed today, a new study says. Interactions with ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) might be the brightest comet of the year, scientists predict.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites, but there ...

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