New research suggests that dust from meteorites contains a “fossil record” dating back 4.6 billion years to the formation of the sun, revealing the role magnetism played in the birth of the solar system.
A rare look at a centaur transforming into a comet with coma is providing a missing link in the evolution of small, icy solar system bodies.
After an 8-year trek to Mercury, BepiColombo will finally split into two spacecraft ready to track down the secrets of the least-explored planet in the inner solar system.
Comet McNaught brightened dramatically during two outbursts around perihelion as it made a close approach to the sun.
The first-ever private mission to Venus is still groundbound due to delays with its launch vehicle, Rocket Lab’s Neutron. But team members remain bullish on the groundbreaking mission.
A mysterious giant 10-sided pattern of clouds has recently formed around Saturn’s south pole, a new study finds.
Scientists have managed to extract the history of supernova explosions in our cosmic backyard from radioactive isotopes found in moon dust.
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.
Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet, too.
Twenty years after Pluto became a dwarf planet, people are still fighting over its status. Experts explain why the debate feels so personal.