Solar System
Mercury: Pictures capture icy craters and sunlit plains of solar system's smallest planet
An 'oddball' centaur is galloping around the solar system, according to scientists
New hydrocarbon discovery unlocks secrets of how Solar Systems form
A strange asteroid-comet could be key to understanding the birth of the solar system
Key solar themes to track after torrid 2024 for investors
Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
Webb captures best view ever of icy objects from the early solar system
Solar System News
Orlando man sold solar system to Ormond Beach couple and stole $37,000 in cash
Earth planet
Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold
2024: Earth's hottest year and first to exceed Paris target
New NASA robot with X-ray vision will watch Earth 'breathing' from the moon
Now is the best time to see Mars until 2027: How to spot the Red Planet 'at opposition'
Possible Sunken Worlds Revealed by High Resolution Models of Earth
Earth’s ozone layer took more than two billion years to stabilize
The planet passed a dangerous threshold for warming last year. Why is nobody talking about it?
Oprah Winfrey selects "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" as book club pick: Read a free excerpt
Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth
Scientists probe secrets of Earth’s climate past
Mars Planet
Now is the best time to see Mars until 2027: How to spot the Red Planet 'at opposition'
Samples from Mars' surface could unravel planet's history, researchers argue
NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache
Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find
The moon is about to 'swallow' Mars for 4 hours — and you can watch it from the US
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark Choices
Sky Watch: The Disappearance of Mars
Four planets will be visible each night in January. Here's what to know
Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)
Sun Planet
A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is About to Take Place in The Sky
Four planets will be visible each night in January. Here's what to know
Scientists discover new exoplanet orbiting closest single star to our Sun
Millions will be able to see four planets align in the sky with naked eye in rare cosmic event this month
Does Planet Nine exist?
Rare comet could shine bright as Venus as it falls toward the sun: What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
The Parker Solar Probe just made its closest ever approach to the Sun
How To See Four Planets (And Two More) Align In The Sky This January
Today Earth Is Closest To A ‘Solar Maximum’ Sun. So Why Is It So Cold?
4 planets line up like ducks in a row every night in January
Inner Solar System
Rare comet could shine bright as Venus as it falls toward the sun: What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
Will Comet G3 ATLAS perform at perihelion?
Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
Solving Mysteries of the Sun with the Parker Solar Probe
Study suggests rogue interstellar visitor may have shaped our solar system
Outer Solar System
This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
Webb captures best view ever of icy objects from the early solar system
Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
How Voyager 1 is still bringing us surprises from the very edge of our solar system
A Decade of Observation Decodes the Storms of the Outer Solar System
Webb offers best glimpse ever into icy planetesimals of early solar system
Solar System News
NASA confirms solar probe has made record-breaking close approach to the Sun