Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Recent observations of the outer Solar System using the Subaru Telescope have uncovered objects where none were expected, hinting at the possibility of a larger and more complex structure in our ...

An instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will soon launch on a NASA space mission where it will aim to collect interstellar dust particles hurtling through space at an average of 16 ...

For decades, people have asked if life ever existed on Mars. The question moved from science fiction to careful science with ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet and the solar system seem like a lot to fit in 4 ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...