The size of the Solar System and the Universe is truly beyond our comprehension. When we think of the vastness of space, we ...

What is the Solar System truly like? In this video, we take a closer look at real images captured by NASA and other space agencies, showcasing our planets and the vast beauty of the Milky Way without ...

Current spacecraft usually take years to make trips within the solar system; for example, NASA's New Horizons probe took nearly 10 years to reach Pluto.. In theory, spacecraft using conventional ...

“Starship would totally change the way that we can do solar system exploration,” says Ali Bramson, a planetary scientist from Purdue University.

A system of multiple lasers and pellet beams could accelerate many missions to the solar gravitational lens point within 20 years of launch. Each one meter telescope at the solar gravitational lens ...

"Solar System Exploration @ 50" was held in Washington, D.C., on 25-26 October 2012. The purpose of this symposium was to consider, over the more than 50-year history of the Space Age, what we have ...

Pentagon officials said in a draft document last week that aliens could be visiting our solar system and releasing smaller probes like missions conducted by NASA when studying other planets.. A ...

We’ve made great strides in the past half-century of exploration of our solar system, lead by both human and robotic exploration. We’ve walked on the moon and roved on Mars.

A new collaboration with The Planetary Society is making space exploration the stuff of child's play. Planetary Blocks, from Philadelphia design house Chop Shop, collects "20 intriguing bodies ...

"Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn's Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration" by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson is available on Amazon for $32.95 ...

Explore cool facts about our solar system- from planets and moons to icy edges far away. Photo Credit: NASA It’s called the “solar system” because “solar” means related to the Sun.