Astronomers are studying 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet nearing the Sun. Despite viral claims calling it an 'alien ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...

The Gaia space telescope has measured the acceleration of the Solar System when it orbits the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Solar System motion relative to the stars agrees with the results by ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are predicted to collide and merge between 3.9 and 5.6 billion years from now, based on observed relative motion. The merger process will involve multiple ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...