The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

Earth's First Asteroid Defense Test Yields Bonus Discoveries for Astronomers

The planetary defense test was a rousing success, but it also offers a glimpse of our Solar System's eventful past.

Inverse · Mar 21, 2023

Huge solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurls plasma cloud into space. Here's the video.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured what might be 'the tallest tornado' in the solar system swirling across the north pole of the sun.

Space · Mar 21, 2023

Aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones' just out of our view, expert claims

A scientist has warned that aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones', the dark side of planets outside our solar system that orbit stars and are partially hidden from our view

Daily Mirror · Mar 20, 2023

Water existed before the sun, study says

What the prevalence of water in solar systems tells us about the potential of life

Salon · Mar 15, 2023

Curious Kids: How are planets created?

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids.

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023

Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?

Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year’s big story – C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

The Conversation · Mar 12, 2023

A brief history of the UK's Winchcombe meteorite

On 28 February 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the UK and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in the early solar system.

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2023

Earth’s Water Has Bizarre Interstellar Origins, Scientists Claim in New Study

A recent study suggests most solar systems start with a supply of water that formed in interstellar space.

Inverse · Mar 8, 2023

Earth’s water may be older than the sun – study

Astronomers believe they have found the ‘missing link’ that may explain how water appeared in the solar system.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for life

NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700. We are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years from Earth – too far away…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023