Latest about Solar System
Crystal-studded space rock found in the Sahara may rewrite the history of the early solar system
The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.
New 'potentially interstellar' comet will be visible to the naked eye next month before leaving our solar system forever
Comet Nishimura has a hyperbolic orbit, which suggests that it may have come from outside the solar system and will likely be catapulted into interstellar space after slingshotting around the sun.
Why Venus is now a slim crescent and will disappear from the evening sky this weekend
The second planet from the sun is approaching 'inferior conjunction' as it swaps from being the 'Evening Star' to the 'Morning Star,' passing between Earth and the sun in the meantime.
NASA reestablishes full contact with Voyager 2 probe after nail-biting 2-week blackout
After accidentally shifting Voyager 2's antenna by two degrees, NASA fell out of contact with the interstellar probe on July 21. On Aug. 4, the agency succesfully reset the probe's antenna, restoring communications.
How long can an asteroid 'survive'?
Asteroids are left over from the early solar system. Here's how they get destroyed.
A nearby supernova nearly blew our solar system to bits 4 billion years ago, new research suggests
A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren't protected by a cocoon of molecular gas.
A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'
The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests.
Earth may have debris from alien star systems trapped in its orbit, new research suggests
A new study questions if our planet could capture rocky and icy visitors from outside the solar system — and how scientists could spot them.
