Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

SPHEREx will create a comprehensive map of the universe ... from a near-Earth asteroid and study a comet. This mission will advance scientists’ understanding of the solar system’s formation ...

Martin Kornmesser/I.A.U., via European Pressphoto Agency Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can ... as Orion’s Belt. Like the Eta Aquarids ...

Panoramic view of the sun and orbiting planets in ... Earth Maps,Cloud Maps, From By NASA Journey through the Solar System. US. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars,... Journey by the Solar System passing by Saturn, ...

SPHEREx will create a comprehensive map of the ... is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By analysing the comet's materials, researchers hope to learn more about the conditions ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each planet has its own unique characteristics, such as size, composition ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...