The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

The future of our solar system has long captivated both scientists and stargazers alike. As highlighted in a recent Live Science article, our solar system, which has existed for 4.6 billion years, is ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

The Solar System is more than just planets; it is home to a dazzling variety of moons, each with its own unique charm. Some are icy and serene, others are stormy or volcanic. Among the many satellites ...

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

Imagine an object sailing through the black void, a piece of cosmic shrapnel that was formed in a star system light years ...

Scientists have long believed that comets and a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites were the sources of early Earth’s volatile elements — which include hydrogen, nitrogen, ...

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Solar System Division, Washington, selected the Space Science Institute, Ridgefield, Conn., for a grant to support the Outer Planets Research Program. The Outer ...