She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had it housed an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter instead of the existing asteroid belt. Simpson's paper, "How might a planet between Mars and ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation ...

What the animated exoplanet timeline shows The video shows a flattened map of the 360-degree night ... it looks this way because our solar system drifts within the spiral galaxy.

A 3D map of the Milky Way’s Local Hot Bubble (LHB) created from eROSITA data reveals a low-density region around the solar system, heated by ancient supernovas. The bubble shows temperature ...

Need a new idea to keep kids entertained? Try stargazing. Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning ...

The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets, asteroids and comets. Planets orbit the Sun in roughly circular paths ...