In 2015, NASA’s super powerful Kepler Space Telescope discovered the closest copy of Earth to date. It’s called Kepler-452.

Over the past century, astronomers have speculated about the existence of a mysterious 9th planet lurking in the outer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astronomers have found a distant celestial body — ...

Scientists have seemingly settled long-standing arguments about whether the components of Earth originated from the inner or ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was the third object ever discovered in our solar system that originated from another star system. Despite a viral conspiracy theory, NASA officials have repeatedly ...

Scientists are grappling with a cosmic mystery: why does the Universe behave differently on massive scales compared to our ...

Scientists suggest that a fifth, hidden force linked to dark energy may exist in the solar system but has not yet been ...

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 ...

Solar panel efficiency affects how much electricity your system can generate from the roof space available – here’s what that ...