Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

The solar system's giant planets are famous for their many ... For instance, few have a very red color. But the new study, published Sept. 4 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, explains these ...

Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the sun's dense core. Each specific fusion ...

Bruhweiler a few frequently asked questions about the death of the sun and what it means for our solar system ... the sun will enter the red giant phase. During this phase, the sun makes a ...

For all of the solar system's eight planets to align as closely, it would take 396 billion years, something that has never ...

Seven planets will align in a rare planetary parade, offering a view of five planets visible to the naked eye in the night ...

There are 8 planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Naptune. The solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of interstellar gas and dust.