Scientists publish the first 3D map of the heliosphere — the final boundary between our system and interstellar space
It will help scientists better understand interactions between solar and interstellar winds.
Tag: solar system
Comets have a heavy metal atmosphere
Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel vapour in the atmospheres of comets distant from the Sun and surrounding the interstellar ...
Jupiter’s Supersonic Stratospheric Winds Make it a Unique Beast
Astronomers have measured Jupiter's Stratospheric Winds for the First Time.
The most remote object in the Solar System is now “Farfarout”, taking the crown from “Farout”
I am not making any of this up.
Life could have prospered beneath the surface of Mars
The melting of ice beneath the surface of Mars could have made its deep regions the most habitable.
Focusing on Arrokoth promises to reveal the Kuiper Belt’s secrets
The results from New Horizon's New Year's Day Flyby of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth are in, and it could just ...
Arrokoth, the ‘Space Snowman’, sheds new light on how the solar system formed
The study of the Kuiper Belt body Arrokoth promises to change how we believe the building blocks of planets form. ...
NASA fixes Voyager 2 from over 11 billion miles away
NASA provides the ultimate hotfix.
Meet Hygiea, the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from ...
Voyager 2 spacecraft crosses barrier into interstellar space
The daring spacecraft traveled more than 11 billion miles to exit the solar system.
TESS telescope discovers three intriguing close-by exoplanets
The solar system is very different from our own.
Jupiter formed far from the sun and traveled closer during its early days
It also met a lot of asteroids it still hangs around with.
Astronomers just discovered the most distant object in the solar system — they’ve called it ‘Farout’
It's more than 100 times farther away than Earth is from the sun.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than ...
It Is Possible Jupiter Could Support Life, Scientists Say
The chances of it happening are pretty slim though.
Scientists collect interstellar dust that formed the Earth and solar system
The findings might revolutionize our understanding of how the solar system came to be, as well as all planetary bodies for ...
New evidence backs up existence of mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ in the outer solar system
An elusive planet ten times more massive than Earth may be lurking in the outer fringes of the solar system.
Scientists find diamonds forged deep within a lost, ancient planet of the early solar system
Pieces of an ancient planet formed long before Earth shed their secrets.
Strange interstellar stone discovered in Egypt is like nothing else found in the solar system
A unique cosmic stone challenges what we know about how the solar system formed.
For the first time ever, our solar system is getting an outside visitor
Put the kettle on, we have a visitor.