Only two spacecraft have ever truly escaped the solar system, slipping beyond the Sun’s protective bubble into interstellar space. Their measurements are now reshaping how I understand the heliosphere ...

With an image from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA finds clues outside the solar system that explain crystals born in ...

Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster ...

The tallest known cliff in the solar system isn’t on Earth — it’s on Uranus’ moon Miranda. Called Verona Rupes, this colossal wall of rock is so high it makes the Grand Canyon look small, and a fall ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a recent study.

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

In March 2025, the International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery of a whopping 128 more moons orbiting around ...