Can you name all the planets in order in the solar system? Try our new quiz to find out! Our quiz will test your smarts of which planets go where in our solar system. Space · Aug 11, 2025
NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date New images from the Hubble telescope show an extrasolar entity as it hurtles through our solar system at speeds of more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h). LiveScience · Aug 8, 2025
Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (video, photo) New Hubble Telescope imagery of the interstellar interloper comet 3I/ATLAS reveals a dusty coma and the beginning of a tail. Space · Aug 8, 2025
What is Chiron? The asteroid currently in retrograde Chiron is an asteroid-slash-comet orbiting somewhere past Jupiter and Saturn The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025
Photo: Best picture yet of high-speed comet visiting our solar system The orbiting telescope revealed a teardrop-shaped plume of dust around the nucleus as well as traces of a dusty tail. Euronews · Aug 8, 2025
Harvard scientist warns interstellar object blasting toward Earth ‘may come to save – or destroy us’ 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be detected in our solar system The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025
Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron? You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve never heard of Chiron before – and I’m a professional astronomer. The Conversation · Aug 7, 2025
Telescope takes best picture yet of comet hurtling our way from another solar system The comet is hurtling our way at 130,000 mph The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025
Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby. Space · Aug 2, 2025
Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun. LiveScience · Aug 2, 2025
Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability' The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world. Space · Jul 31, 2025
What we know about the search for ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system The idea of a massive undiscovered planet has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense". Space · Jul 29, 2025
The hunt for ‘planet nine’: why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put it forward as an explanation for Uranus’s orbit, which drifts from the path of… The Conversation · Jul 29, 2025
Clever Dude · Jul 24, 2025 7 Laws That Change the Moment You Install Solar Panels Installing solar panels might seem like a straightforward way to cut your energy bill and help the environment, but what many homeowners don’t realize is that doing so can instantly trigger legal changes. These laws vary by state, but the moment your solar system is installed and connected, a new…
LiveScience · Jul 24, 2025 Astronomers discover new dwarf planet 'Ammonite' — and it could upend the existence of Planet Nine A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be another nail in the coffin for the Planet Nine hypothesis.
LiveScience · Jul 24, 2025 3I/ATLAS is 7 miles wide — the largest interstellar object ever seen — new photos from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is roughly 7 miles wide, making it the largest of its kind ever seen.
Space · Jul 23, 2025 Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is packed with water ice that could be older than Earth Scientists have examined the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, finding evidence that it is packed with water that could be older than the solar system.
The Conversation · Jul 22, 2025 Could the latest ‘interstellar comet’ be an alien probe? Why spotting cosmic visitors is harder than you think On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the Sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space traveller had one very special quality: its orbit showed it had come from outside our Solar System.
LiveScience · Jul 22, 2025 Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
Space · Jul 22, 2025 Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).
Digital Camera World · Jul 22, 2025 The newest member of the solar system was discovered by wide-angle imaging on a three-ton, 870MP camera The new Sedonite, nicknamed Ammonite, was discovered by the 870MP camera on the Subaru Telescope
Space · Jul 21, 2025 When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same time, challenging current models of our solar system’s evolution.
The Conversation · Jul 21, 2025 Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system – like Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus – may contain deep, salty liquid…
LiveScience · Jul 20, 2025 When will the solar system die out? After the sun goes out, what will happen to the solar system — and how long will it last?