Solar System
The Sun as a White Dwarf Star
[/caption] What will happen to all the inner planets, dwarf planets, gas giants and asteroids in the Solar System when…
Pluto’s Atmosphere Boasts Methane, Warmer Temps
Pluto is certainly frigid, but new research has revealed its atmosphere is a bit warmer. Astronomers using the European…
Jupiter, Saturn Plowed Through Asteroids, Study Says
[/caption] When Mars and Jupiter migrated to their present orbits around 4 billion years ago, they left scars in…
Plutoid Eris is Changing… But We Don’t Know Why
[/caption]Eris, the largest dwarf planet beyond Neptune, is currently at its furthest point in its orbit from the Sun (an…
Google and NASA are Working on an Interplanetary Internet
[/caption]In an initiative energized by Google Vice-President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, the International Space Station could be testing…
New Eye on the Outer Solar System Launches Successfully
[/caption] There's a new spacecraft in Earth orbit, with a really "far out" mission: to map the outer solar system.…
Where Are All the Kuiper Belt Objects?
[/caption] A group of astronomers spent two years photographing portions of the sky to look for small chunks of rock…
Did Our Solar System Start With a “Little Bang?”
[/caption] What prompted the formation of our little corner of the universe – our sun and planetary system? For several…
Evidence of Our Violent Early Solar System
A researcher from the University of Toronto has found unexpectedly young material in meteorites, challenging theories about early events in…
Space News for March 31, 1999
Comets an Unlikely Source for Earth's Water New data gathered by Caltech offers evidence against the long-standing theory that the…