Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

A new educational attraction in Swartz Creek is offering families a chance to explore the solar system without leaving the ...

A model of a solar system first and foremost with a small projector built in, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a great educational tool for kids.

The peculiar trajectory and uncertain origin of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS have sparked scientific debate about its natural or technological origins.

The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

A piece of the dawn: Asteroid sample science hints at an ancient salt lake and conditions in the early solar system Michelle Thompson, a Purdue planetary scientist and expert in space weathering, was ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has completed a mission study detailing how a proposed spacecraft could fly by an ...

Named 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, and it's the largest and ...

Solar Orbiter flew closer to the Sun than ever before. This proximity let it capture electrons in pristine conditions.