Latest about Solar System
'Pristine' meteorite contaminated with table salt upon crash landing on Earth
The Winchcombe meteorite was collected mere hours after it fell, but researchers have found that it was already contaminated with earthly minerals, including common table salt.
'Impossible' new ring system discovered at the edge of the solar system, and scientists are baffled
A ring looping around the icy dwarf planet Quaoar is located much farther from its parent body than scientists thought was possible.
Jupiter officially has the most moons in the solar system, discovery of 12 new satellites confirms
Twelve newly confirmed moons bring Jupiter's total to 92, surpassing Saturn's 83 moons.
Grapefruit-size fireball from mysterious Oort Cloud could rewrite the history of the solar system
Rocky fireballs like the one that fell over Alberta, Canada last year shouldn't originate from the icy Oort Cloud... but this one apparently did.
Massive eruption from icy volcanic comet detected in solar system
Astronomers observed a major eruption from a volcanic comet flying through the solar system, likely spewing more than 1 million tons of debris into space.
Scientists want to build an ‘interstellar interceptor’ to play hide-and-seek with the next ’Oumuamua
Researchers want to build a spacecraft to lurk in far-Earth orbit and chase down interstellar objects as they whizz through the solar system.
Crushed-up planets around dead stars could rewrite the history of the solar system
A new study of white dwarfs with "polluted" atmospheres is causing scientists to rethink how and when planets form.
Could Earth ever leave our solar system?
Here's how the Earth could theoretically leave the solar system.
