The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky to the morning sky.

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

A new five megawatt solar array system, known as the Chippewa Sun, has gone online in the town of Hallie off of Highway 29, ...

New connections discovered between the Sun's photosphere and CI chondrites meteorites, providing clues about the origin of materials.

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...

Most of the long-period comets in the Solar System come from the outer Oort Cloud. The inner region is much more stable. It's ...

The Solar System continues to surprise us day after day and its presence in terms of dominance and expansion goes far beyond ...

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...

"Our Sun encountered a region of higher gas density ... the team pinpointed the Solar System's passage through the Radcliffe Wave in the Orion region about 14 million years ago.

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...