Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

Nearly all of the planets in the solar system are about to march through the night sky in a single-file line. This planetary alignment, sometimes called a planet parade, will include all of the solar ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

The Solar System, consisting of giant planets, millions of asteroids and a Sun, has a boundary. Yes, like all countries on Earth, the Solar System too has a region after which its dominion ends. This ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...