Articles about Solar System

Skywatchers and others will soon be treated to an intriguing celestial spectacle beginning from the last week of April.

A team of Indian and international scientists has made several key revelations about Pluto—the dwarf planet which was demoted from the status of a full-fledged planet over 16 years ago.

Pluto was controversially stripped of its designation as a planet in 2006. A planetary scientist who was the fiercest advocate of the celestial body's demotion claims he has now found another celestial body worthy of recognition as a planet.

A new study has found that an asteroid in our solar system, Asteroid 16 Psyche, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion.

A few hours ago, scientists from NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the Sun has entered a new Solar Cycle. They described it as the Solar Cycle 25.

Recently, a team of scientists made major headlines for discovering potential signs of life on Venus.

In a major development, an AI algorithm has discovered as many as 50 new planets.

Starting tonight, July 14, a rare comet will streak across the night sky for a period of 20 days.

In a major development, a team of researchers has discovered an Earth-like exoplanet revolving around a Sun-like star.

Last year, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed into interstellar space and became the second-ever man-made object to enter the realm between the Sun and stars (first being Voyager 1).

Ever since the NASA's Pioneer Venus project suggested back in the 1980s that the planet might have had an ocean, scientists have been struggling to understand what exactly happened that turned Venus into the inhospitable hellscape it is today.

A couple of weeks ago, an amateur astronomer discovered what looked like the second-ever interstellar object passing through our Solar System.

Just a few months after capturing the real photograph of a black hole's event horizon, aka the point of no return, astronomers have got another big black hole-associated discovery.

Planet Venus often gets branded as Earth's evil twin; how despite sharing similar sizes, density, and chemical makeup, Venus is a Hadean reflection of Earth.

In a matter of days, Jupiter, the largest planet of our Solar System, will appear bigger and brighter than normal.

Scientists at NASA are currently racking their brains to solve an asteroid impact problem.

On April 10, a team of scientists working with the European Southern Observatory started a new era in astrophysics by unveiling the first-ever directly-observed photo of a supermassive black hole.

On Friday, the Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that a probe, Hayabusa2, had successfully landed on an asteroid 300 million km from Earth.

After flying through Solar System for over 40 years, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has entered interstellar space.

After traveling through deep space for over six months, NASA's InSight lander has finally reached its destination - Mars.

A couple of weeks after PM Modi promised a manned spaceflight, ISRO chief K Sivan has come up with a roadmap.

In a rather notable finding, astronomers have discovered 10 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing its total satellites to a whopping 79 - by far the most moons found orbiting any planet.

Cara O'Connor, a six-year-old girl from Ireland, has written a letter to NASA and requested the US space agency to reclassify Pluto as a planet.

NASA has discovered 95 new planets outside our solar system.

A group of astronomers has for the first time discovered about 2,000 planets outside the Milky Way Galaxy.

SpaceX is set to test launch what it is calling the most powerful operational rocket in the world.

Ready yourself to witness a rare celestial treat today, a lunar event that hasn't happened in over 150 years.

Skygazers and passive bystanders alike are going to witness a fantastic astronomical event on the 31st of January.

NASA has successfully captured a distinct image of the farthest known galaxy in our universe using advanced telescopes and gravitational lens.

NASA, which is turning 60 this year, has released a "2018 to do list" including an exciting mission to "touch" Sun!

According to a New York Times report, the Pentagon has been running a secret multimillion dollar programme to investigate Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).

We have all read about constellations like Orion, Ursa Major, Cygnus; but astronomers have now created eight new constellations based on modern-day figures like Harry Potter (for JK Rowling), athlete Usain Bolt, tennis-star Serena Williams, Malala Yousafzai.

NASA has received 24.3L applications from around the world for its next Mars mission. Nearly 1.39L of them are Indians.

An unexpectedly strong solar storm which occurred on 11th September has triggered a global aurora on Mars, doubling the radiation levels on the red planet.

NASA addressed the issue and said that all predictions about the world ending on 23 September 2017 were false.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere today, at a speed of over 120,000 km/hr, ending a $3.9-billion mission.

There are currently eight planets in our solar system; but according to astronomers, there could be many more.

A mission to find alien life has picked up mysterious radio signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away.

In what could be a significant discovery, a team of scientists has detected a signal from what is believed to be the first known "exomoon": a moon beyond our solar system.

There are currently eight planets in our solar system; but according to astronomers, there could be many more.