Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. 2023 KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite,” is a trans-Neptunian object ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously unknown world may be lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system. The ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have found that a weird ...

From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one million miles per hour as it traverses to the edge of interstellar space bathing ...

Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee If you’ve seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the Sun in ...