When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in circular orbits around the Sun on a flat disk. But in reality, our Solar ...

What if humanity could harness the entire energy output of the sun? Enter the Dyson Sphere - a theoretical megastructure that could provide virtually unlimited power. This video dives into the concept ...

Recent studies have shown that our entire solar system may serve as a gigantic PBH detector, with these little black holes leaving their faint but very possibly detectable ...

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 ...

This region actually encapsulates our entire solar system, and is formed as a result of solar wind particles streaming from the sun and eventually pressing into the interstellar medium.

The PUNCH mission will also involve creating an artificial total solar eclipse, which will provide an extended, ...

Mercury has the quickest orbit, completing a circuit round the Sun every 88 Earth days Venus is the most inhospitable place in the entire solar system, where a runaway greenhouse effect has ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...