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

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Solar System's Run-In With 'Space Cloud' May Have Triggered a Series of Ice Ages 2 Million Years Ago, Says Scientists Around two million years ago, Earth underwent a series of temperature fluctuations ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

On February 4, 2026, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, sparking significant radio blackouts across parts of ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.