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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – If you live at the edge of the path of totality, you may not want to trust your map of the 2024 total solar eclipse. A new map by eclipse calculator John Irwin claims that the path ...

Space scientists in China have proposed a preliminary road map for the country to build a space resources system spanning the solar system by 2100. The system aims to economically explore ...