While Loeb is known for making some controversial claims and predictions in the past, he is still a very respected astronomer ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

This cosmic visitor is now officially named 3I/ATLAS, and it appears to be a comet from another solar system. reading time 3 minutes Update: July 3, 09:24 a.m. ET: On Wednesday, July 2, the ...

Welcome to SolarBalls, where animated content combines entertainment with education about the solar system and the universe.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course. When ...

Dementia is one source of confusion. But as the April 8 total eclipse of the sun approaches and things astronomical come front and center, we’re at risk for another. It’s an expanse so expansive that ...

Behold the sun and all of it's glory. Learn all things about the sun ranging from its beginning to its death. Also learn about how stars work in general and MUCH MUCH more. Visit the planet most like ...

Like migratory birds guided by the stars, hundreds of thousands of Americans have flocked in the direction of today’s total solar eclipse. They have settled within a narrow strip of Earth where the ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...