Latest about Solar System
Astronomers narrow down where 'Planet Nine' could be hiding by playing massive game of 'connect the dots'
The researchers who originally proposed the Planet Nine hypothesis have narrowed down where the giant elusive world might be hiding, after carrying out an exhaustive sweep of the theoretical planet's orbital pathway.
3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses
The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune.
Earth has extra moons, and they may hold the secrets of our solar system's past
Earth's closest cosmic companions, known as 'minimoons' or 'quasi-moons', could hold the secrets to the history of our early solar system.
Will future colonists on the moon and Mars develop new accents?
As humans start to spread out among the solar system, new accents may begin to emerge in isolated colonies. But why does this happen and what will these new accents sound like?
Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system
Team "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity.
James Webb telescope spots bizarre 'cat tail' flowing out of nearby star, and scientists can't fully explain it
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a bizarre string of dust in the shape of a cat's tail around the nearby juvenile star Beta Pictoris.
Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanation
Bright spots that appear and vanish on Saturn's moon Titan have a seemingly simple explanation — they're floating chunks of frozen organic material.
Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface
The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds.
