The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

A 9th planet in our solar system might be found — and no, it’s not Pluto

Is there another planet out there? Researchers say they have hints of a new candidate

The Independent UK · May 3, 2025

Astronomers identify first 'good' candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new findings were met with some skepticism.

LiveScience · May 2, 2025

New JWST observations of 'trans-Neptunian objects' could help reveal our solar system's past

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life, including sugars — on trans-Neptunian objects.

Space · May 2, 2025

Saturn: Facts about the ringed planet

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

LiveScience · Apr 24, 2025

NASA's Lucy spacecraft snaps first close-ups of weird peanut-shaped asteroid

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

LiveScience · Apr 23, 2025

First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered

Planet’s ‘tail’ is millions of miles long, researchers say

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview)

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and Laura Joy Pieters of the London Science Museum give a guided tour of our home system.

Space · Apr 22, 2025

Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one'

Last week, scientists announced they found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our solar system. However, the scientific community remains skeptical.

Space · Apr 21, 2025

Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may be orbiting two failed stars

Scientists believe that there's a planet like the desert planet Tatooine from 'Star Wars' that orbits a pair of failed stars.

Euronews · Apr 17, 2025

Alien Life Detected on Planet 124 Light Years Away—But It's Not Little Green Men, It's Something Far Slimier

Recent James Webb Space Telescope observations have provided the strongest indications yet of potential life beyond our solar system on the exoplanet K2-18 b.

International Business Times UK · Apr 17, 2025