When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

More NASA, ESA, Caltech / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "[T]he puzzle for theoretical astrophysics ... of a large object passing through the solar system to determine if such a cosmic visitor may ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... NASA's Hubble Tracks Down ... a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar ... "[T]he puzzle for theoretical ...