When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

From exploding volcanoes on other moons to storms bigger than Earth, the solar system is packed with surprises. In this video, we explore 10 incredible facts that will change the way you look at space ...

Our solar system is only one out of hundreds of stellar systems residing in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s comprised of the Sun and eight known planets, half of which are Terrestrial (sporting solid, ...

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman" and "Space Radio," and author of "How to Die in Space." Sutter contributed this article to ...

With so many interesting solar system facts, we've narrowed them down to 25 of our favorites. Our solar system consists of the sun and everything that orbits that sun, like the eight (once nine) ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

The inner solar system spins much more slowly than the laws of modern physics predict, and a new study may help to explain why. A thin disk of gas and dust — known as an accretion disk — spirals ...

Amid growing mystery surrounding 3I/ATLAS, GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is calling on NASA to share unreleased data and images ...

Is 3I/Atlas an alien spacecraft or just a really interesting rock hurling through the cosmos? That debate has been raging ...