solar system
Japan's USD 270 million craft makes second touchdown on distant asteroid
The successful touchdown was greeted with cheering and applause in the JAXA mission control room, with officials grinning and shaking hands.
Scientists spot solar system’s farthest known object
“Farout” is about 120 astronomical units away — that’s 120 times the distance between Earth and the sun, or 11 billion miles.
New lander will add to humans’ long fascination with Mars
In our solar system family, Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia.
NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io
Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.
Have astronomers found 1st moon outside our solar system?
Two Columbia University researchers presented their tantalising evidence for a moon.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swinging by Venus on way to sun
The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to the sun.
Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto
A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.
Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data
An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of the solar system.
NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid, snaps first pic
The spacecraft is designed to circle Bennu, and reach out with a robotic arm to
Ten newly found moons of Jupiter include a 'wrong-way driver'
A research team in Washington has identified 12 small Jovian moons, including the 10 described here.