solar system
Newly Discovered Valley on Mercury Is Larger than the Grand Canyon
Why Mercury may have lost nine miles off its waistline over the last four billion years.
Scientists Discovered a New Dwarf Planet at the Edge of Our Solar System
Giving Pluto some more company.
See How SpaceX Wants To Travel The Solar System
Even if you never make it Mars, here's some cool wallpaper.
Mercury Is More Earth-Like Than We Thought
It’s the only other planet in our solar system that we know is tectonically active.
Why Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is the Best Candidate For Finding Life Off Earth
Scientists think they saw vapour plumes spewing from its surface.
Watch a Comet Outburst from the Rosetta Orbiter’s Perspective
“Catching an event like this was pure luck.”
NASA’s Latest Mission Will Attempt To Visit an Asteroid—And Bring a Piece Home
OSIRIS-REx will help us defend ourselves against future asteroid attacks.
China Plans to Send this Bad Boy to Mars in 2020
The 2020s are shaping up to be a busy and diverse era in Martian surface exploration.
The Sun’s Closest Neighbor Has Its Own Earth-Sized World
“The search for life on Proxima b comes next.”
Watch a Comet Crash Into the Goddamn Sun
A comet traveling faster than any object in the solar system was just ripped apart by the Sun.
Jupiter’s Shadow Freezes Io’s Atmosphere Solid Every Day
Jupiter, you make a better door than a window.
Sound and Gravity Waves Combine to Heat Jupiter's Great Red Spot
The upper atmospheres of gas giants are unaccountably hot. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be the key to understanding why.