NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

After crossing the boundary of the solar system, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft began detecting changes scientists had never measured before. Their instruments recorded shifts in particles, ...

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The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...