A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sara Russell at the Natural History Museum in London leads a team interested in the formation of the ...

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 ...

Research papers from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shed new light on the early solar system using the analysis of asteroid Bennu samples - some of which have been studied at London’s Natural History ...

“It’s older than the Earth.” In a mere five words, planetary geologist Scott Harris summed up the staggering nature of a humble, small rock that tore through a Georgia home this summer. The 23-gram ...

Launius, Roger D., editor. 2013. Exploring the Solar System: The History and Science of Planetary Exploration. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. In Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and ...