When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Horizons data shows the solar wind slows 13% to 15% in the outer heliosphere as it picks up interstellar material. (CREDIT: ...

Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering ...

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 ...

When you’re managing 400-plus solar sites scattered across multiple states, a single transformer failure can cost thousands of dollars per day in lost revenue. But which transformer? At which of your ...

There are plenty of moons orbiting around the planets in our solar system — Saturn, for example, has well over 100 known moons — and astronomers believe that planets outside our solar system almost ...

A new study by University of Central Florida researchers has found strong evidence that the outgassing of molecules from comets could trace the chemical composition of the early solar system.

Rhythm: one note = one real orbit. Time is sped up (the "1 second = X days" counter shows by how much), but the timing ...

Although key details are missing from the story of how our Solar System formed, recent discoveries are helping scientists fill in the blanks ...

Space looks empty until you try to cross it. Far beyond Pluto, where sunlight is faint and the planets are long behind, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is moving through a region where the Sun’s ...