Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

This journey through a dense region of space could have compressed ... important because it adds a small puzzle piece to the recent history of the Solar System, helping to place it in the context ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

New connections discovered between the Sun's photosphere and CI chondrites meteorites, providing clues about the origin of materials.

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting ... get a sense of how weird our solar system really is — or how normal." You can see four of these planets below. "The closest planet ...

A rare celestial event on Feb. 28 will offer skywatchers the chance to witness a "planet parade" of all seven planets in our solar system outside ... they are moving in space, and we can see ...

Here is everything to know about this week's planet parade. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle ... grand parade showcasing all the solar system's major planets.

The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...