Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS's first reported sighting was on July 1, and it's going to be the closest it's ever been to Earth on Friday. Along the way, it reached several milestones leading up to what ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

(Nanowerk News) An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic ...

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

The outer solar system begins where sunlight fades and distances stretch beyond everyday comprehension. This journey traces ...

In June 1983, newspaper headlines declared that NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft had left the solar system, crossing beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was the common view of the time: All of the solar ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is hitting a major milestone on Oct. 30, 2025. The interstellar comet is reaching perihelion, its closest point to our Sun, marking the climax of its brief journey through our solar ...

Premieres Wednesdays, Oct. 2 - 30, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app New discoveries are proving it – our solar system is a weird place, filled with bizarre worlds shaped by extreme forces ...

HELSINKI — Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries of the solar system, according to a new paper. Artificial ...