NASA has revealed a terrifying glimpse into our solar system 's grizzly fate. In five billion years, scientists believe the sun will collapse, leaving behind a shell of gas and dust. When this happens ...

The curious minds at What If discover what happens if a new planet appears in our solar system, revealing gravitational effects, collisions, and orbital shifts.

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...