In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed, is making its final pass through our skies, offering a rare ...

Greetings stargazers. Everything we know about things outside of our solar system is from the light we receive. I am using ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) might be the brightest comet of the year, scientists predict.

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). In ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun defines everything we take for granted. Day and night, the seasons, and the steady presence of ...

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...

Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...