The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Astronomers are making a surprising breakthrough in the study of Venus, as new simulations suggest there may be a hidden ...

Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

The planet Venus is like Earth’s worst twin – roughly the same size but with a thick layer of acid clouds over a crushing, hellish atmosphere. Its clouds in particular have been a source of interest, ...

Image of the Earth taken by Himawari 8 at 18:00 (UTC) on August 11, 2018. The zoom-in images show Venus captured in the ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a runaway greenhouse effect. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

In the latest shutdown, the cosmic ray subsystem experiment on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle ...