The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system.

A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted. It's the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and it was detected on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS ...

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has caught the interest of astronomers and amateur enthusiasts alike as just the third object to ...

The solar system drifts inside an immense, low-density cavity known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This region, spanning at least 1,000 light-years, radiates X-rays due to its searing million-degree ...

Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, is probably shedding comets and asteroids into our solar system — and even producing a few meteors in our sky. Located just 4.3 light-years from ...

IMAP mission will explore our solar system's protective heliosphere and will also help us develop a better understanding of ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and Earth. The authors dubbed it Planet Y.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...