The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 years ...

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

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

but it’s really just a result of the fact that it is harder to see the entirety of something from the inside than it is from the outside. As a result, the borders of our Solar System remain a ...

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

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

“But in addition to the fact that they are larger and have been ... On the high end, James in North Carolina told us their Blue Raven Solar system cost $100,000. “Even running the air ...