What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

From exploding volcanoes on other moons to storms bigger than Earth, the solar system is packed with surprises. In this video, we explore 10 incredible facts that will change the way you look at space ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) as they encircle the giant planet. But ...

Nigel Morris (pictured) formerly worked for BP Solar. Image: Smart Energy Council. Industry veteran Nigel Morris, chief strategy officer at Australia’s Smart Energy Council, charts the country’s ...

The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By ...

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

Yeimy J. Rivera receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the SAO/SWEAP subcontract 975569. Tatiana Niembro receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the ...

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Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeat. For decades, scientists have struggled to see these regions, ...