Conventional solar panels cannot completely utilise sunlight throughout the day since they are stuck in one location. For ...

These days, we are treated to glorious images of the cosmos through astrophotography and sophisticated three-dimensional visualizations of the universe. In the early centuries of astronomy, however, ...

A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun. Disclaimer: ...

The solar system once had five giant gaseous planets rather than the four it has today. That’s the conclusion from a computer simulation of the solar system’s evolution, which suggests the fifth giant ...

Researchers using a powerful telescope in Hawaii spotted the visiting object, called A/2017 U1, last week. “We have been waiting for this day for decades,” said Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for ...

Then, reading Scott Christianson’s 100 Diagrams that Changed the World, he saw Copernicus’ famous diagram of the planets orbiting around the sun and felt inspired. The solar system is a good analogy, ...

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

A mysterious 'ghostly glow' equivalent to 10 fireflies has been found around our solar system that persists even when other light sources like stars and planets are subtracted. The discovery was made ...

NASA released fresh images on Wednesday of 3I/ATLAS, that astronomers determined is a comet probably even older than our solar system, as officials dismissed speculation of it being an alien ...