Solar system

The solar system does not lack moons. Like the planets they orbit, they are each unique in their own way. Some moons are so large…

A kindergartener in 2005 and a kindergartener in 2006 would have learned very different facts about the number of planets in the solar system. 2006, of course, was the year Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet – a…

See bigger. | Using these Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 images taken on January 8, 2022, astronomers have confirmed that the largest comet ever discovered is heading towards the inner solar system. Picture via Nasa.…

A huge comet with a solid center more than twice the width of Rhode Island is on an orbital path that will swing it inside our cosmic neighborhood, astronomers say. The icy intruder is traveling at 22,000 mph from the edge of the solar…

A meteor that hit Earth in January 2014 has now been confirmed by the US Space Command (USSC) as the first interstellar object from another…

ASTRONOMERS have confirmed the discovery of the largest comet on record – and it's getting closer. The space object C / 2014 UN271 was spotted last year and the observations of the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed this week the size of…

A US Space Command official says a meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere eight years ago came from beyond our solar system. A letter posted on Twitter April 7 by the US Space Command states that Dr. Joel Mozer, the Space Operations…

The Hubble Space Telescope, which has remained our eyes and ears in the mysteries of deep space, is in no mood to disappoint even after three decades of record service. The flying observatory has now revealed the largest icy comet nucleus…

A huge comet - about 80 miles in diameter, more than twice the width of Rhode Island - is heading our way at 22,000 miles per hour from the edge of the solar system. Fortunately, it will never come within a billion miles of the sun, which…

"Psyche" will travel a total of 2.5 billion kilometers in three and a half years beyond MarsNASA scientists plan to send a spacecraft beyond Mars to study an asteroid that could help explain how our solar system and the planets it contains…

A space rock that collided with Earth eight years ago could have come from outside our solar system, a US defense official has said, making it one of only two interstellar visitors ever detected .Earth is surrounded by space rocks. The…

About half a century ago, six Apollo missions and three Luna missions to the Moon collected rock samples. The former brought in some 380 kg, and the latter brought in less than ½ kg. The curators of…

Secondary school teachers seeking an authentic inquiry-based research opportunity for their students in the 2022-2023 school year are invited to apply for the Exploration of the Moon and asteroids by high school students (ExMASS). ExMASS…

Laurel Kornfeld April 3, 2022 A map of…

A team of Belgian-Dutch scientists has created the first-ever "treasure map" that shows where Antarctic meteorites are likely to be found. Meteorites are chunks of stone-like material that can be found on the Earth's surface after…

Impact crater dynamics expert Brandon Johnson surrounded by some of his favorite research subjects: Mercury, Mars and the Moon. Credit: Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoe Whereas for humans the constants might be death and taxes,…

Nasa confirmed that there are more than 5,000 known planets outside our solar system.The space agency recently added 65 more exoplanets to its archive, bringing the total to 5,005, meaning we could be one step closer to finding signs of…

NASA has confirmed the existence of 5,000 planets outside our solar system - and that number continues to climb.Astronomers first discovered a planet outside our solar system in 1992, opening up a new field of science that has grown ever…

What makes this NASA discovery really exciting is that some of these exoplanets found outside the solar system resemble Earth.…

Researchers have used drones and artificial intelligence (AI) to locate a freshly fallen meteorite in the vast Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia.The new method of locating meteorites developed by a team at Curtin University could…

Representative image. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)The materials that formed Earth may have been developed far back in the early solar system and later brought in during the solar system's turbulent history, a study suggests.Earth is thought to have…

Tokyo: A new study by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) has suggested that these asteroid materials could have formed very far away in the early solar system and then been transported…

The study also looked at the physical and chemical conditions of outer (representative) main belt asteroids.Tokyo: A new study by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) has…

Our solar system is believed to have formed from a cloud of gas and dust, the so-called solar nebula, which began gravitationally condensing around 4.6 billion years ago. As this cloud contracted, it began to spin and form into a spinning…

Illustration of the New Horizons space probe in the Kuiper Belt. These icy bodies are the remnants of the formation of the planets. At the edge of the solar system is a region called the Kuiper Belt. beyond the orbit of Neptune, this ring…

Fireballs Aotearoa wants you to go catch a shooting star.Or at least capture one on a camera. Fireballs Aotearoa is a collaborative effort of skywatchers, astronomers and amateur geologists from the University of Canterbury and the!--break-->…

What did Pioneer 10 and 11 do?Pioneer 10 started breaking records soon after its launch. As it headed for Jupiter, it became the first spacecraft to venture beyond Mars. Then, on July 15, 1972, the spacecraft entered the asteroid belt - a…

https://br.sputniknews.com/20220219/cientistas-descobrem-como-construir-espaconave-que-cruzara-o-sistema-solar-em-tempo-recorde-21487541.html Scientists discover how to build a spacecraft that crosses the solar system in record time…

The February calendar has many twos. There was 02-02-2022 and now 22-02-2022 - which some people call "Twosday". To mark this Duos Day, we bring you our list of things in the solar system that come in twos or pairs. 1. Binary…

Astronomers have discovered the first known system of quadruple asteroids. A team from Thailand and France has spotted a third moon orbiting main-belt asteroid Elektra, moving the object into the record books.Most asteroids are solitary…

New Delhi: A giant comet, one of the largest ever detected, is traveling through our solar system at an alarming speed. The comet, called Bernardinelli-Bernstein, has a surface equivalent diameter of about 137 kilometers,!-->…

Just over 12 months ago, we sat in Woomera, outback Australia, waiting for a streak of light across the sky to witness that the Hayabusa2 spacecraft had returned from its journey to retrieve a small piece of a near-Earth asteroid…

KEVIN SCHINDLER An international team of astronomers has discovered a pair of asteroids that separated from their parent body just 300 years ago. The pair is…

There are genuine behemoths that sail around the solar system.In 2021, astronomers identified a gargantuan comet - an ancient mass of ice, dust and rock - passing through our cosmic neighborhood. Luckily, it won't come within a billion…

Just over 12 months ago, we sat in Woomera, outback Australia, waiting for a streak of light across the sky to witness that the Hayabusa2 spacecraft had returned from its journey to retrieve a small piece of a near-Earth asteroid…

See bigger. | Artist's concept of the furthest outgoing spacecraft from Earth, Traveler 1, launched in the late 1970s. The circles represent the orbits of the main outer planets of our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.…

Asteroid pairs are not unheard of, but the latest case has left scientists wondering if the parent body was a larger asteroid or a dormant comet. An international team of astronomers has…

The universe is full of mysterious objects, and our own solar system is home to a bizarre selection that continues to baffle scientists. From space's Bermuda Triangle to a suspected "alien probe" - here are five weird space objects you…

Astronomers have spotted the youngest pair of asteroids ever discovered in the solar system. Separated from their parental body barely 300 years ago, they possess properties that are difficult to explain due to their young…

Getty ImagesAsteroids are small rocky objects that orbit the SunThe youngest known pair of asteroids in the solar system have been identified by astronomers. The baby asteroids are believed to be 300 years old, ten times younger than…

Pluto and the introduction of dwarf planets Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has been a bit of a puzzle. For starters, not only is Pluto smaller than any other planet in the…

Using a new crater detection algorithm, which automatically counts impact craters visible from a high-resolution image, a team of planetary researchers from the United States, Australia, the Ivoire et de France analyzed the formation of…

Evidence that could point to an inner ocean in Saturn's innermost moon has been discovered by scientists. Experts from the Southwest Research Institute were studying the small moon called Mimas for different reasons when they spotted signs…

Have you ever dreamed of experiencing a planetary journey through the solar system? Or travel from the Sun to Jupiter? The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) has just unveiled a 1:10 billion scale…

Have you ever embarked on a project that seemed insurmountable at first, but eventually found a way? Do you love astronomy awareness, planets and all things space? Then today's article may be for you! In 2018, I was a second-year…

The Milky Way must be completely full of moons when you think about it. However, although we have so far confirmed 5,000 exoplanets, exomons are still rare. A temporary discovery…

Object 90377 Sedna - a distant transneptunian object best known for its 11,390-year highly elliptical orbit - is currently en route to perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) in 2076. After that, Sedna will set off again in deep space…

Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings - bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn's rings - that likely played a role in the formation of the Earth, according to a new study. “In the solar system, something happened to…

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. The current number of known asteroids is: . Most of this ancient space junk is…

Rest well, old friendPhoto: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwestern Research InstituteYou know the old slogan: In space, nobody can hear you scream. Unfortunately, being stuck on our rapidly heating up!-->!-->…

The Hubble Telescope may be considered obsolete after the successful launch of the James Webb Telescope, but the aging telescope still captures beautiful images of our universe.In 2021, Hubble gave us plenty of insights into the inner…

Earth and Mars were formed from material largely derived from the inner solar system; only a few percent of the building blocks of these two planets originate from beyond Jupiter's orbit. A group of researchers led by the University of…

In early 2021, we were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Perseverance rover at Jezero crater on Mars. The first part of the year was devoted to the Red Planet - with a successful landing of a rover and the very first helicopter flight…

If NASA James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched this week, it will join dozens of active and inactive spacecraft operating beyond Earth's orbit. Spaceship Orbiting The Sun Lucy!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Scientists have finally studied their first complete samples sent back from an asteroid into space, and they confirm what you expected, while providing new information. ScienceAlert reports researchers have published of them papers…

Asteroid Ryugu has some of the darkest and oldest material in our solar system, according to analysis of the cosmic object.Samples of the asteroid were extracted in 2019 by the Japanese probe Hayabusa 2, traveling more than 300 million…

If you've looked up at the sky at the right time and in the right direction over the past 10 days, you may have caught a glimpse of Comet Leonard, which is named after the University researcher. from Arizona, Gregory Leonard.Leonard first…

It was the first material to be returned to Earth from a carbon-rich asteroid. These asteroids can reveal how our cosmic corner of the universe formed. The organic and hydrated minerals locked in these asteroids could also shed light on…

by Brian KoberleinNewswise - Astronomers have developed powerful telescopes to explore the Universe. These observation tools have allowed us to understand the solar system and our place in the cosmos. But telescopes have their limits,…

University of California researchers studying meteorites have revealed violent new pieces of the puzzle from the early days of our solar system. A new article on meteorites says scientists…

The Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in conjunction with the Sommers-Bausch Observatory, has installed an updated version of the Colorado-scale Model Solar System with an associated mobile phone app that allows…

The solar system has been described as a round shaped space body. But, this depicted appearance might have been wrong from the start, as a new computer simulation model shows it to be a crescent…

Additionally, Starship has a key advantage over other super heavy rockets in development, such as NASA's very delayed space launch system and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. The top half of the rocket is designed to be refueled in Earth…

Through Robert Hazen, Ph.D., George Mason University Our solar system is littered with planets, moons, comets, asteroids and more. It includes all objects gravitationally related to the Sun. Space scientists are collecting information…

Overview One of the main asteroid belt's most intriguing targets, Psyche is a giant metal-rich asteroid about three times farther from the Sun than Earth. Its average diameter is about 140 miles (226 kilometers) - about one-sixteenth…

Not only is comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein the largest of its kind known, but it's also one of the most active and distant comets, likely spewing plumes of gas farther from the Sun than expected. The object, code name C / 2014 UN271…

This article originally appeared on The conversation. The post contributed the article to Space.com's Expert voices: Op-Ed & Insights.Brad Gibson, Director of the EA Milne Center for Astrophysics and Head of the Department of Physics…

TRAPPIST-1 would be an ordinary star without the scientific interest aroused by its seven planets. Astronomers first spotted the new worlds, of which at least three could be habitable, in 2016. Now, a new study suggests that how the…

Ed Rivera-Valentín has spent a lot of time thinking about brines recently. The special ratio of salt to water in the marinade. The special ingredients that can give things an extra boost.I'm referring, of course, to the salty solutions…

Four planets of the inner solar system (Elements of this image furnished by NASA- earthmap ... http://visibleearth.nasa.gov) getty While the term itself immediately conjures up the kind of alchemy at the…

Data collected in 1983 shows signs of what a British astronomer believes is possible proof of a ninth planet in our solar system. The news could bring some comfort to people who are still devastated by Pluto's demotion to dwarf…

There is a lot we don't know about planets outside of the solar system.They're small, dark, and distant, which means we don't have a lot of detailed information about their makeup. This is especially true for rocky exoplanets, like Earth,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb01ds-4IC4 The solar system is at war in the sixth and final season of The extent. Fans of The extent were devastated several years ago when!-->!-->…

Overview Arrokoth (visited by NASA's New Horizons mission) and Pluto are both in the Kuiper Belt - a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit. There may be millions of these icy objects, collectively referred to as Kuiper…

A renowned astronomer from Great Britain, Michael Rowan-Robinson, would have found evidence of the existence of a ninth planet in the solar system. According to their data, the new world is between three and five times the size of Earth,…

The solar system is made up of Sun and everything around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteorites. It extends from the sun, called Sol by the ancient Romans, and passes through the four inner planets, through the…

Artist concept of Lucy Mission. Credit: SwRI Asteroids embody the story of the beginning of our solar system. JupiterThe Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun on the same path as the gas giant, are no exception. Trojans are believed to…

A partial lunar eclipse, sunset planets and returning winter stars are just some of the November highlights in the solar system, according to NASA. A NASA science report clarified that from November 6 to 11, the…

Rock debris, pieces of an ancient rocky planet that shattered, spiral inward toward a white dwarf in this illustration. By studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs "polluted" by such debris, a NOIRLab astronomer and geologist have…

Composition of asteroids, meteorites, planets impacted by an abyss in protoplanetary dust, gas Scientists have found evidence of a barrier between the inner and outer regions of the young solar system.By analyzing the composition of…