Large parts of the USA suffered a radio blackout due to major activity in space this week. On June 15, North America found ...

Getting samples of the undisturbed interstellar magnetic field could also help map the distribution and shape of the interstellar clouds of gas and dust that surround our solar system such as the ...

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute for Advanced Study’s Sihao Cheng mentioned in a recent press release. As ...

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation ...

Learn how the European Space Agency’s spacecraft captured a completely new view of the Sun, thanks to its novel tilted orbit.

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space.

Solving this mystery could also help reveal how Io’s lunar sibling Europa and other icy moons manage to harbor vast, potentially habitable liquid-water oceans despite the outer solar system’s ...

US-based Raptor Maps has published its latest annual report on global PV system underperformance. The solar lifecycle management software specialist performed aerial inspections across 24.5 GW of ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Solar System is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets ...