NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

For over 34 years, Hubble has captured extraordinary moments in our solar system that were never part of its original mission. From observing distant moons and asteroids to unveiling the ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

Even more startling, there's about a 0.3% chance that Mars could collide with another planet or be ejected from the solar system, and a 0.2% chance that Earth itself could face a collision or be ...

Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal (submitted to arXiv) , 2025 DOI: 10.3847 ...

Earth Could Be Ejected Out Of The Solar System, Study Warns Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit. Edited by: Abhinav Singh ...

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising new behavior of Jupiter that directly affects Earth in ways we are only beginning to understand. As the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter’s immense ...

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 ...

Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.

"We show how planets in binary systems can undergo a mirrored migration process, so that both stars end up with hot Jupiters.

Moons and other matter. More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris.