Exploring the solar system through space art Astronomers deal with numbers and measurements, but artists can show us the landscapes the data describe. By William K. Hartmann | Published: July 14 ...

Some larger solar system objects haven't quite managed this, and most astronomers agree that it's only possible for Mimas because of the moon's low density — just 15% greater than water. Pan and ...

However, some researchers estimate that there are between 1,000 and 10,000 of these objects in the solar system at any one time, according to Live Science's sister site Space.com.

There are still other seriously cool features in this web browsing look at the solar system, too. It has a telescope mode that allows you to land on a planet and see the night's sky from that ...

While Eris is roughly the same size as Pluto and Makemake is about the same size as Pluto’s moon, Charon, both dwarf planets are far beyond even Pluto’s icy corner of the Solar System.

Understanding the solar system's local bubble. The eROSITA telescope, the primary instrument of the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission launched in 2019, is the ideal instrument to tackle this ...

Astronomers have begun using the James Webb Space Telescope to study the TRAPPIST-1 planets for signs of habitability. They just peered into the atmosphere of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b.

When the Hubble space telescope appeared to spot water vapour in its atmosphere in 2019, scientists declared it “the most habitable known world” beyond the solar system.