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Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

For the past 4.6 billion years, our Sun has been happily fusion hydrogen into helium (with the help of quantum tunneling) to provide a steady source of heat that eventually made its third orbital rock ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WABC) -- A group of sixth-grade entrepreneurs made and sold homemade lanterns to raise money to buy portable lights for children without power in Zambia. The young ...

Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system. Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that ...