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

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many planets are there in our solar system? Since Pluto was relegated back down to dwarf planet status, almost everyone ...

The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build.

The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired. NASA's spinning spacecraft studying the satellites of the solar system's largest celestial body (aside from the sun), ...

These are our thoughts on Obsidian Entertainment's newest role-playing game, The Outer Worlds 2. The sci-fi title touts deep ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla shares extraordinary insights from his pathbreaking journey into space and his plans ahead ...

Hidden away on an island in Lake Erie lies a pocket-sized paradise that works magic on frazzled nerves and busy minds. Oak Point State Park on South Bass Island might be Ohio’s smallest state park, ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...