In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Astronomers have revealed that the real center of our solar system isn't the sun. Gravity is playing a part in everything. The barycenter is the center.

Why do all the planets orbit in nearly the same plane? This episode explores the birth of the solar system from a collapsing ...

The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth’s solar system.

Scientists studying the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS now concede that its origins may forever remain a mystery—'it's like a ...

A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in ...

Astronomers say 3I/Atlas, the interstellar object passing through our solar system, has changed color again, raising new questions about its composition and behavior.

The orbiter, which is part of the nation's ongoing Tianwen 1 mission for Mars exploration, took the images of the comet, ...

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin influences its shape, atmosphere, and extreme weather patterns, including the ...

Saturn's Enceladus moon might be capable of supporting life, according to data collected by NASA's Cassini mission and ...