Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...

Comets do outgas in strange ways; icy jets can mimic controlled propulsion; dust tails and solar radiation can disturb paths ...

The asteroid belt orbiting between Mars and Jupiter would hurl fragments if it got destabilized, turning it into dust upon mutual collisions.

Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF21, a distant dwarf planet candidate located about 90 times farther from the Sun than ...

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future.

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Astronomers were fascinated after spotting an object from interstellar space hurtling through the solar system earlier this ...