How does its orbital speed compare to that of other solar system planets? How fast you need to move to keep in a circular orbit around another body is dictated by how far the two bodies are ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

This stunning photo shows every single planet in the solar system at the same time during a rare alignment that won’t happen again until 2040. Taken from a field in Somerset, the groundbreaking ...

What is the immune system? The immune system works to keep germs and other foreign substances out of the body and destroy any that get in. It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People look up to the sky from an observatory near the village of Avren, Bulgaria, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo ...

The team's research indicates the solar system's passage through the Orion region occurred between approximately 18.2 and 11.5 million years ago, with the most likely time between 14.8 and 12.4 ...

Let’s explore the best practices to maximise your solar system investment. Ready to harness the power of the sun and secure your energy future? Energy Matters is here to guide you every step of the ...

This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar system will be visible among the stars at the same time — if you know where to look. According to Gerard van Belle ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse.

Scientists have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first-ever 3D map of an atmosphere on a planet outside our solar system. The unprecedented mapping has revealed extraordinary ...

More than 1 million "interstellar objects" the size of the Statue of Liberty could be drifting unseen in the outer solar system right now, new simulations suggest. The hefty cosmic interlopers ...