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Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall, ...

Astronomers have their eyes on a mysterious object zipping through the Solar System, and if their hunch is right, it could be the oldest visitor humanity has ever observed. Comet 31/ATLAS, first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) might be the brightest comet of the year, scientists predict.

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...