On August 8, 2024, the sun emitted a highly-energetic X1.3-class solar flare. X-class flares like this one are incredibly ...

The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's ...

After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, firing off three ...

How the hunt for a 'missing planet' revealed asteroids in our solar system Following a hunch that there might be a missing planet in between Mars and Jupiter, early 19th-century astronomers ...

Learn about the Solar System with these interactive learning resources for KS2 Science students aged 7-11 from BBC Bitesize.

New images from the Hubble telescope show an extrasolar entity as it hurtles through our solar system at speeds of more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h). New simulations suggest that up to four of ...

A new celestial object has been uncovered on the edge of our solar system, revealing another piece of the vast puzzle that is our cosmic neighborhood. Discovered using the Subaru Telescope at ...

Our solar system is full of awe-inspiring wonders, but it also holds a number of unsettling possibilities that could change everything we know about space. In this video, we explore 10 terrifying ...

The Solar System is roughly 4.5 billion years old. The whole of Mars is as cold as our South Pole. There are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on all of our beaches on Earth.