In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be ...

A recent flyby revealed the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on Io, the most volcanic world in our solar system. Juno’s recent flyby discovered a massive volcanic hot spot in Io’s southern ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

The potential discovery of a large planet beyond Neptune’s orbit could change everything we know about the Solar System. Learn how scientists detected it and what steps NASA is taking to verify its ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen before.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

The new exoplanet, Enaiposha, also known as GJ 1214 b has never been seen before and is now officially being called a "Super-Venus." ...

NASA has found something on Uranus and Neptune. The ice giants of the solar system have long been enigmas for science.