Researchers from the Solar and Stellar Interiors Department at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have discovered new giant vortex waves in the Sun. Because of their long periods of ...

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Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.

The bold question-askers at What If explore why having a black hole in our Solar System would be a catastrophic scenario.

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The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

New superhighway system discovered in the Solar System. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 12 / 201209094216.htm ...

“It’s completely plausible for our solar system to have captured such an Oort cloud planet,” says Nathan Kaib, a co-author on the new work and an astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute.

Mars will stay in the spotlight through the 2030s thanks to a sample return mission. But in the 2040s, Uranus will take center stage, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus will steal the show in the 2050s.

Kilowatt-scale solar hydrogen production system using a concentrated integrated photoelectrochemical device. Nature Energy , 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01247-2 Cite This Page : ...