The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

Identifying the formation period of planetary systems, such as our solar system, could be the beginning of the journey to ...

Our solar system is made up of the sun and all the amazing objects that travel around it. Learn more about the planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system. 3:55. Solar System 101.

The opening show projection showed the galaxy and the movement of celestial objects when they found something strange in the ...

The ‘small wonders’ unlocking secrets of the solar system. Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic home.

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An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

“Every now and again, some of these icy bodies come into the inner solar system, and we can see the orbit that they’re on,” Faherty said. “And they’re on these really crazy, long orbits.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies ...

The spiral is “a striking shift in our understanding of the outer solar system,” planetary scientist Andre Izidoro with Rice University, who was not involved with the study, said in an email. The ...

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the solar system’s “small bodies” — asteroids, comets and other minor planets. The Rubin Observatory, under construction ...