The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

The planetary defense test was a rousing success, but it also offers a glimpse of our Solar System's eventful past.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured what might be 'the tallest tornado' in the solar system swirling across the north pole of the sun.

A scientist has warned that aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones', the dark side of planets outside our solar system that orbit stars and are partially hidden from our view

We wanted to understand how our planet managed to get water and how water on Earth came from edge of the solar system

Pentagon officials claim in a draft report that a craft may be stationed out on the solar system

If you want to know which objects brought water to a once-dry planet, think small.

Researchers analysed melted meteorites that had been floating around in space since the solar system around 4.5 billion years ago

What the prevalence of water in solar systems tells us about the potential of life

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids.

Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year’s big story – C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

On 28 February 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the UK and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in the early solar system.