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 ...

"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 ...

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

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 ...

Medium-class ($500-800M) missions in solar system exploration, New Frontiers, are PI-led but respond to strategic targets specified in the Roadmap and other planning documents.

WASHINGTON – The current process for planetary protection policy development is inadequate to respond to increasingly complex solar system exploration missions, says a new report from the National ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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.

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.

Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons. Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky – with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid ...