Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, hides a past very different from its current appearance. A recent study ...

They were fine-tuning a scene featuring what’s known as the Oort Cloud, a region far beyond Pluto filled with icy relics from the solar system’s formation. Comets can hurtle toward Earth from ...

Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact ... may have sustained internal activity long after their formation. The implications extend beyond Pluto and ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's formative stages and played a critical role in planetary formation.

HAKEEM OLUSEYI: There is so much strange activity out there in the solar system that we don't understand ... And Haumea's spin may also be responsible for the formation of the two icy moons ...

despite its location at the frozen edge of the solar system. A NASA postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and ...

Maps can help locate the different land and water features areas of Earth. ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System (6-8) The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, ...

The recent CME and solar flare events occurred while the Sun was on a general downward trajectory in terms of activity after reaching the peak of Solar Cycle 25 in late 2024. NASA says that during ...

The colossal ball of hot gas at the center of our solar system will be lively for the next year, NASA said. The sun has reached its "solar maximum period," which is a state of heightened activity ...