The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

A new study suggests that a planet-sized object may have passed through the solar system billions of years ago.

Researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially transforming our ...

Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of ...

Researchers have pioneered an innovative method using helioseismology to measure the solar radiative opacity under extreme ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...

This article originally appeared on DarrowEverett’s site and is shared with permission. As the energy sector continues to ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...