The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will cause a dark shadow over eastern North America — and weather satellites will pick ...

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 ...

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

The team's research indicates the solar system's passage through the Orion region occurred between approximately 18.2 and 11.5 million years ago, with the most likely time between 14.8 and 12.4 ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

So exactly how many solar system moons have we found? The answer, it turns out, depends on your definition of a moon. But this is likely just "the tip of the iceberg," Edward Ashton, an astronomer ...

This stunning photo shows every single planet in the solar system at the same time during a rare alignment that won’t happen again until 2040. Taken from a field in Somerset, the groundbreaking ...

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

Most solar companies set the price according to the solar system's wattage. A solar installation's “cost per watt” is a little like the “price per square foot” when you buy a house.

Now a startup called Stardust seeks something more ambitious: developing proprietary geoengineering technology that would ...

Solar panels can save money on electric bills, but a solar panel system requires a steep upfront investment — $30,000 for the average system including installation ...