Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

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 ...

A timeline of the solar system etched into a concrete sidewalk. Included are drawings of the planets depicting their positions; the traveling time of sunlight to the planets and the revolutions of the ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...