Detecting molecules on distant objects in our Solar System has been complex due to Earth’s atmospheric and instrumental ...

1 AU is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun and is approximately equal to 150,000,000 km (or 1.5 × 10 11 m). Distances between the Earth and other stars and galaxies are measured ...

planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth. Our planet is just the right distance from the ...

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

Interstellar tunnel linking our Solar System to cosmic neighborhoods. Learn how supernovae and stellar winds shape our galaxy ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been breaking records since the day it launched as the fastest space mission in history. Now, ...

The moderate tilts and slightly elongated paths of these planets — long considered a mystery — could be the result of a ...

The research team's simulations indicate a 1 in 100 chance that an interstellar visitor could produce the orbits we see today ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

This series of his videos explains how size, distance, and space make solar system models so tricky.

New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...

Meteorite samples agree with this idea for the inner Solar System, but we had no idea ... sufficient to affect the formation ...