Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in space that appears to guide matter and radiation along a kind of interstellar highway stretching from our solar neighborhood to distant stars.

Solar wind sounds poetic, but it's a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system.

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's alien life closer to home — within the bounds of our solar system? The ...

NASA's IMAP mission and two other space weather probes took flight atop a Falcon 9 rocket today (Sept. 24). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

"These images are not just pretty." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was 4 a.m. on Nov. 25 at the top of Hawaii's dormant ...

As was forewarned in the entirely scientifically accurate 1996 documentary "Independence Day," this July 2 astronomers have detected an unknown object headed for Earth(ish) from beyond our solar ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of its own. The rare event is unfolding in real time, giving astronomers a ...