Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low density stretching for a ...

By analyzing the available observational data, astronomers from the Tribhuvan University in Nepal and elsewhere have ...

The recent CME and solar flare events occurred while the Sun was on a general downward trajectory in terms of activity after reaching the peak of Solar Cycle 25 in late 2024. NASA says that during ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.

Maps can help locate the different land and water features areas of Earth. ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System (6-8) The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Interstellar material has been found within our solar system, but ...

Changes in atmospheric particles could have influenced cloud formation or altered the ... which is occurring much faster due ...

A region of an active star forming in the Ophiuchus constellation has given astronomers an analog for the formation of our solar system. It also includes the sources of elements found in the ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's formative stages and played a critical role in planetary formation.