Therefore, intervening matter between the Sun and distant objects doesn’t lessen the effect of our star’s gravity. Since the Sun is the most massive body in our solar system, its gravitational ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come ...

If The Sun's Gravity Is So Strong, How Come All The Planets Are Moving Away From It? Complicating things further, eventually, the inner planets may crash into the Sun. James Felton.

Mercury is an odd little planet. The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites, but ...

Scientists want to use the sun’s gravity to communicate between stars. Solar gravitational lensing may help us search for life on other planets. By Briley Lewis. Published Nov 28, ...

The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun’s gravity. But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January. NASA will use a radar antenna to observe ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in Earth's orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun.