Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

While Earth spins in the same direction as the sun, that's not the case for every planet in the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), a dazzling spacecraft designed to make use of the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight for propulsion, is still spinning through ...

Scientists tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and found rotating jets in a rare sun-facing tail during its 2025 pass through the solar system.

There is interesting new work from Cool Worlds. A quasite is a conceptual space-based satellite system proposed by the Cool Worlds Lab (led by astronomer David Kipping), representing a hybrid or ...

From Mercury to Pluto (and maybe even Planet Nine), here are some of 2023's most intriguing discoveries about the planets, moons and other bodies in our solar system. When you purchase through links ...

The solar system originated from a collapsing cloud of gas and dust approximately 4.5 billion years ago, with the Sun forming in the central region through nuclear fusion and the planets condensing ...