Solar System News -- ScienceDaily
WEB2 days ago · Latest Headlines. updated 11:06pm EDT. Sep. 24, 2024 — Astronomers have observed the atmosphere of a hot and uniquely inflated exoplanet using NASA's James Webb Space ... Uniquely Inflated and...
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
WEBSep 28, 2024 · Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average ...
Solar System News | From Mercury to Mars to Pluto - Sky
WEBLearn the latest about the exploration of our neighbors in the solar system, and check out stunning pictures of Mars, asteroids, Jupiter's moons, and more.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will change the way we see our solar ...
WEBJul 11, 2022 · In the next year, the James Webb Space Telescope will spend roughly 7% of its time focused not on distant galaxies, but on our own solar system. From signs of life on Jupiter's moons to an ...
Winds of change: James Webb Space Telescope reveals
WEB10 hours ago · Planet-forming disks, maelstroms of gas and dust swirling around young stars, are nurseries that give rise to planetary systems, including our solar system. Astronomers have discovered new details ...
Solar System Coverage | Space
WEB2 days ago · Latest about Solar System. Can you see Earth's new 'mini-moon' with the naked eye? By Brandon Specktor published 3 October 24. On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024...
Solar System Exploration Stories - NASA Science
WEB8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter. 6 min read. The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing …
WEBDec 14, 2021 · For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Credits: …
Six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony found in Milky Way - AP News
WEBNov 29, 2023 · Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright nearby star in perfect rhythmic harmony. They say it’s a rare, frozen-in-time cosmic wonder that can help explain how solar systems across the galaxy came to be. The compact in-sync system, announced Wednesday, is 100 light-years away.
Unexpected Discovery by NASA’s New Horizons Redefines Solar System…
WEBMar 2, 2024 · New observations from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft hint that the Kuiper Belt – the vast, distant outer zone of our solar system populated by hundreds of thousands of icy, rocky planetary building blocks – might stretch much farther out than we thought.