A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering schools, as a parent, you may be looking for fun and easy ways to help teach science to your kids at home. Or maybe your family just spent the summer outdoors ...

Outer solar system scientists have prepared three mission concept studies considering what flagship missions to Enceladus, Neptune and Triton, and Pluto could do.

The project resulted in countless discoveries regarding the star we orbit and how it influences our solar system. Using various tools, NASA captured a photo every 0.75 seconds over the decade-long ...

The Science on Main initiative group is seeking feedback from the community on what to add to the planned Solar System Walk ...

The way people think of the Solar System has changed many times throughout history. Before the development of the telescope, these ideas were based on what could be seen with the naked eye. This ...

Launched on September 5th, 1977, the spacecraft reached Neptune, the outer sentinel of the Solar System, over a decade later. An artist's impression of the Voyager 1 space probe flying past Saturn ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.

When it comes to picking the next mission to explore the solar system, NASA certainly has options. The space agency is reviewing a dozen ideas for a robotic solar system probe that will launch ...

Most scientists think that the moon formed in the earliest days of the solar system, around 4.5 billion years ago, when a Mars-sized protoplanet called Theia whacked into the young Earth.

Astronomers say the discovery of the dwarf planet 2015 TG387, aka The Goblin, adds to evidence of the existence of Planet X, a "super-Earth" beyond Neptune.