New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about ...

As the solar industry accelerates, the application of flexible mounting systems continues to expand, spanning from ...

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

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

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...