Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a cold cloud of gas and dust buried deep in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms started to collapse. From there, gravity worked its magic. The cloud began to ...

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft embarked on a Grand Tour of the outer solar system, a feat made ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Where do we come from? How did our planet form? How do we know about the history of our solar system? You can explore these universal questions in ...

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) invites you to explore renewable energy in action during the National Solar Tour Showcase Weekend, October 3-5, ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve of rural Pine River is teaming with the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society and the American Solar Energy Society for the 29th annual National Solar Tour. Balsam Moon ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS. A remarkable ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth's orbit came from. The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the ...