solar system
We Exist Inside a Giant Space Bubble, And Scientists Have Finally Mapped It
Scientists unveiled the first "3D map of a magnetic field over a superbubble,” a structure made by exploding stars that contains the solar system.
Mysterious ‘Instability’ in the Cosmos Puzzled Scientists for Decades. Now, We Have an Answer.
An evaporating cloud may have shaped the once-chaotic orbits of the planets in our solar system.
Ancient Gas From the Dawn of Time Is Leaking From Earth's Core
Helium-3 released at Earth’s surface contains tales from the deep planet and the deep past.
We Are in a Golden Age of Asteroid Discoveries
Bill Bottke, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, talks about exciting emerging research into asteroids on Motherboard’s Space Show.
Scientists Have Seen the Largest Comet Ever: 15 Mount Everests
At 85 miles in diameter, the comet is twice as large as the previous record holder—and it’s headed toward the Sun.
Scientists Have Finally Seen What Happens to Shredded Worlds in Deep Space
The luminous moment that a dead star swallows the torn-up remains of its planetary bodies has been witnessed for the first time.
Objects at the Solar System’s Edge Are Being Influenced by Something Mysterious
The discovery of hundreds of new objects in the outer solar system confirms weird gravitational effects that could be caused by “Planet Nine.”
A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets, Study Finds
Stars show chemical traces of past "planetary ingestion" that can be used to search for Earth-like planets.
Scientists Find Solar Systems Undergoing the Same Mysterious Process as Ours
A radioactive isotope profoundly affected the origin and evolution of our solar system. Now, scientists have spotted it in a system of budding stars.
The Farthest Spacecraft from Earth Picks Up an Unexpected New Signal
Voyager 1 has likely made the first continuous measurement of the density of matter in interstellar space.
Too Hot to Handle: This New Planet Can Vapourise Metal
Scientists have discovered a “hellish” new planet that is hotter than molten lava.
Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert
No other known object has characteristics similar to EC 002, an ancient meteorite found in an Algerian dune sea last year.