First full asteroid return sample confirms early Solar System origins
The rock is made of very primitive materials.
Solar System
NASA launches mission to explore Solar System 'fossils'
Lucy is the agency's first mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
Planet orbiting a dead star previews our own solar system's fate
Astronomers discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf.
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Two red objects between Mars and Jupiter may explain how the solar system formed
The asteroids may have originated from the vicinity of Neptune's orbit.
Astronomers confirm the most distant object in the Solar System
Farfarout lives up to its name.
Early Solar System meteorites might explain how Earth got water
They may have lost water 'just' a few hundred thousand years ago.
Strange exoplanet discovery makes a case for the elusive 'Planet Nine'
The planet is the first of its kind known to have such an eccentric orbit.
Solar System 'superhighway' could speed up space travel
The route could also lead to more efficient trips.
3D atom mapping helps investigate the origins of life
Modern technology has helped decode an ancient meteorite.
NASA is fixing a Voyager 2 snag that deactivated sensors
It's providing tech support from 11.5 billion miles away.
NASA's closest-ever Sun flybys reveal how solar wind works
What you experience near Earth doesn't tell the whole story.
NASA renames Kuiper Belt object following controversy
The distant Solar System object is called 'Arrokoth' from now on.
European astronauts plan to take pics of a comet from the dawn of time
They hope to create a 3D model of a comet from the far reaches of the Solar System.
Ultima Thule is unlike anything we’ve seen in the solar system
It has scientists questioning how the building blocks of planets form.
