Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

Explore space with these fun solar system worksheets. Kids will learn about planets, moon phases, and space exploration through hands-on activities. Perfect for home or classroom use, these ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The Best Telescopes For Observing Our Solar System and Beyond See the stars like you’ve never seen them before. By M. Josh Roberts Updated: Jun 21, 2023 5:01 PM EDT Save Article ...

NOVA “Solar System: Wandering Worlds” Premieres Oct. 30, 2024 at 9pm ET/8C on PBS The classic view of our solar system contains eight orderly planets, some with moons in neat orbits — but when we look ...

This process, called accretion, is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

New research may shine a light into one of outer space's great mysteries: the Oort Cloud.

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 ...

Our solar system used to have nine planets. Astronomer Mike Brown, also known as “the man who killed Pluto,” said he got hate mail from kids and obscene calls at 3 a.m. for years after his ...

Is there a possible ninth planet in our solar system? Researchers say they may have found a candidate (Credit: ESO/Tom Ruen/nagualdesign) But, the announcement has been met with some skepticism.

Grades 9-12 Learn about the cause of sunburns, in this video from NOVA’s Gross Science series. Sunlight is made up of many types of radiation: infrared, visible, and ultraviolet (UV). UV radiation can ...