This final image gives you an idea of how close we are to our nearest neighbors. In short, it is a diagram of the Sun's neighborhood. While stars situated around 6 or 7 light-years from Earth seem ...

The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System. The Sun’s huge gravitational field keeps many other objects – planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets – in orbit around it. The Sun ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.

Diagram showing the path of A/2017 U1 through the inner solar system. [Diagram: NASA/JPL-Caltech] According to Space.com, when it was first observed, scientists at first assumed it was a comet but ...

Until now, very few massive objects in the solar system have been found beyond the Kuiper Belt. Related: An illustrated diagram of the sun and the planets of the solar system.