The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits in the outer solar system, about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It is an enormous world – quadruple the diameter of Earth, with 15 times the mass and 63 times the volume.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2023

Scientists examine 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid sample which could reveal origins of life on Earth

Samples of the Bennu asteroid could shed light on the formation of our solar system

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2023

Celestron Nexstar 4SE review: take a guided tour of the Solar System

A solid telescope for stunning views of the planets

T3 · Nov 28, 2023

Mercury is home to exotic glaciers of salt, and they may host life beneath them

Salt glaciers uncovered on Mercury, the second planet from the sun, could have implications for the habitability of this tiny planet and similar worlds beyond the solar system.

Space · Nov 21, 2023

Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris

Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma since being discovered in 2005 lurking in the solar system’s far reaches

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

NASA's first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe

The OSIRIS-REx mission is NASA’s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid — in this case 101955 Bennu — and return to Earth.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023

Jupiter's winds whip around in 'cylindrical' form, NASA's Juno probe discovers

NASA's Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter's winds whip around the planet's turbulent atmosphere cylindrically.

Space · Nov 10, 2023

Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet?

Scientists have dated the birth of the Solar System to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a “giant impact” collision between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia created the Moon.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2023

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Space Telescope

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Space Telescope

The Hindu · Nov 9, 2023

Evidence of alien life may exist in the fractures of icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn

Researchers searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life are investigating the geological faults of Saturn’s largest icy moon, Titan, and Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

Space · Nov 8, 2023