Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT the center of the solar system.

Scale Model Solar System Scale Model Solar System Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall ...

How Did the Solar System Form? The tale of our sun may begin with another star: a predecessor whose fiery death brought about the birth of our solar system.

According to the team, the gravitational pull of our solar system's planets and passing stars do not have much of an effect on the Oort Cloud. The team's new model was plotted from "a viewpoint of ...

However, if we don't include the Oort cloud, the coldest place in the solar system is very likely to be found on our nearest celestial neighbor. Earth comparisons — Why is space a vacuum?

This model of the solar system, it's missing all of the most interesting bits. NARRATOR: What secrets do these wandering worlds reveal about our solar system?

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the solar system.

Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out Scientists have studied black holes with the mass of a star for decades.

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.

Our solar system resides in a unique low-density bubble called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). Stretching at least 1,000 light-years, this region glows in X-rays due to its million-degree temperature ...