Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with rocky worlds bookending a pair of gas-rich planets. Around the star LHS ...

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 arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system. First named A11pl3Z and now designated as ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth’s climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe. This year’s budget expires at the end of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

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Wisconsin has launched a groundbreaking project that could reshape how the state generates and uses electricity. The Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County combines a massive solar farm with a ...