Dr Kevin Fong demonstrates a urine recycling system that works using osmosis, concluding by drinking the liquid that is ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

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Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in solar physics by providing the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional ...

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. A team of astronomers led by Julio Fernández ...

Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us ...

Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

The bold question-askers at What If examine what could happen if we moved the entire solar system. Hurricane Melissa close to breaking pressure record ahead of Jamaica landfall GOP-led Oversight ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...