The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

The solar system's strangest objects are unlocking its history

Odd objects in the solar system could unlock its mysteries.

Axios · Dec 6, 2022

NASA releases “extraordinary” Webb Telescope images of Saturn's most intriguing moon

The images show clouds in the atmosphere of Titan, a moon with a substantial atmosphere and lakes of hydrocarbons.

Inverse · Dec 1, 2022

Europe wants to send a 50-pound rover to a tiny, strange Solar System moon

With the MMX rover, the world is breaking new ground in terms of technology because never before has an exploration vehicle with wheels travelled on a small celestial body with only one-thousandth of the Earth’s gravitational pull.

Inverse · Nov 27, 2022

Mars: how we discovered two huge, unusual impact craters – and the secrets they unveil

Most of the worlds of our Solar System are pockmarked with impact craters. These bear testament to the violence of the early days of the Sun, when asteroids, comets and entire planets routinely collided with and annihilated each other.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022

Scientists figured out how to solve an ancient Martian mystery — with rocks found on Earth

Martian meteorites found their way to Earth. In turn, they bore a chemical that has the secret to how much water was on ancient Mars.

Inverse · Nov 18, 2022

Leonids: You need to see November's biggest meteor shower this week

The Leonids, made of debris from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, become a storm once every 33 years or show. It won't happen this year, but still should put on a spectacular show.

Inverse · Nov 15, 2022

10 Games like No Man's Sky that are out of this world

Do you love exploring strange new worlds? These games like No Man's Sky might just be what you're looking for

GamesRadar · Nov 14, 2022

Study finds that stars and planets grow together

It had been previously thought that planets only form once a star has reached its final size.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Meteor showers rain clues about the solar system

They bring information about their parent asteroids and comets — and the solar system's history.

Axios · Nov 8, 2022

Mars: could life itself have made the planet uninhabitable?

Four billion years ago, the solar system was still young. Almost fully formed, its planets were starting to experience asteroid strikes a little less frequently. Our own planet could have become habitable as long as 3.9 billion years ago, but its primitive biosphere was much different than it is today. Life…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2022