For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

Solar eclipses are a rare and brief opportunity for scientists to gather data on everything from the physics of the sun to air pressure in the upper atmosphere The evidence is mounting: this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An object has been discovered orbiting the sun far beyond ...

The worlds of the solar system are exciting and, so far, mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space ...

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have found evidence of a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system, a discovery ...

The average vacation requires a budget, a suitcase and maybe a passport. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is talking about budgeting for the moon, Mars and, eventually, destinations beyond the solar system.

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 ...