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 ...

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

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

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

A team from the University of Tokyo, led by visiting researcher Gaku Nishiyama, realized that the instrument would be able to ...

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

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

Among the planets, moons are more common in the outer reaches of the solar system. Mercury and Venus are moon-free, Mars has two small moons, and Earth has just one.

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

Researchers in the US have suggested there is a 40 percent chance a ninth planet could exist in our solar system. Planet Nine ...

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