Scientists have discovered something that they previously thought wasn’t possible – an ‘inside out’ star system. When you line all the planets in our solar system up, the four closest to the sun are ...
Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...
A comet from another star system is doing something astronomers did not expect. As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS swept through ...
Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and densely packed with ...
Learn more about the bizarre geological features found throughout our Solar System. From Madagascar’s “forest of knives” to the interlocking basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway, Earth is replete ...
From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of strange, wandering worlds are rewriting what we know – and even how we ...