This is the story of our cosmic neighborhood's front row. We explore the four rocky planets forged in the sun's heat: ...

Before the ribbon cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by Westfield High School Astronomy Club members Krystyna Goulette and Kaitlyn Goulette — ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

California might generate as much energy from wind and sun as it uses overall, but not when it’s needed. To keep the power ...

These 80 space trivia questions are great to play with friends, challenge your family with or play by yourself. See how much ...

Fastest Planet in Solar System: Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system because it orbits the Sun at an incredible speed of about 47 km per second, completing one full revolution in just 88 ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

NASA has warned that a strong solar flare could disrupt life on Earth. The space agency announced Monday, Dec 1, that the powerful bursts of energy are categorized as X-class, which denotes the most ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon, Mercury endures some of the most ...

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How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving through the universe? This seemingly simple question is one of the key tests of our cosmological understanding. A research team led by ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational pull took shape, kick-starting the birth of the sun. But ...