The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

Stunning Mosaics Piece Together Previously Unseen Details of Star Birth

Scientists peered into five stellar nurseries to uncover the secrets of star formation. The results could help answer questions about our own Solar System.

Inverse · May 11, 2023

Hubble telescope spies 'peek-a-boo' exoplanets amid star's tilted dust rings

Astronomers are watching a shadow sweep across the face of a vast disc of planet-birthing gas and dust surrounding the star TW Hydrae.

Space · May 10, 2023

JWST eyes new asteroid belt in Fomalhaut

The new space telescope is so powerful that it can spot not merely exoplanets, but distant asteroid belts as well

Salon · May 10, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope snaps amazing photo of alien asteroid belt

The first asteroid belt ever found outside the solar system is more complex than expected, new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.

Space · May 8, 2023

NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft extends its interstellar science mission for 3 more years

NASA's Voyager 2 has been exploring the solar system and interstellar space since 1977. With power dwindling, a new technique will allow science to continue.

Space · Apr 27, 2023

Should you invest in solar?

Summer has just started but the heat is becoming unbearable. Electricity costs -- at a record high of 4.72 baht per unit -- are set to soar further thanks to rising fuel costs. These two factors alone are enough to increase interest in solar rooftop systems among households.

Bangkok Post · Apr 25, 2023

Study Details Differences between Deep Interiors of Mars and Earth

Mars is Earth's next-door neighbor in the solar system - two rocky worlds with differences down to their very core, literally. A new study based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight lander is offering a fuller understanding of the Martian deep interior and fresh details about dissimilarities between…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2023

A New NASA Proposal Could Weaken One of Its Most Audacious Missions

The New Horizons mission currently flying through the Kuiper Belt could be facing an unexpected change of plans.

Inverse · Apr 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence to aid future exoplanet hunt

Artificial intelligence experts have been challenged to join astronomers in the hunt for planets outside the solar system as part of the Ariel Data Challenge 2023, launched on April 14.

Space · Apr 21, 2023

Rare solar eclipse helps unlock sun's firey mystery

A century after scientists used a solar eclipse in WA's remote north to prove Einstein's most controversial theories, astrophysicists were back to learn more.

AAP · Apr 20, 2023