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Beyond the asteroid belt lies a vast region dominated by giant planets and frozen worlds. This video explores the colossal ...

The inner solar system is home to four rocky worlds that formed under the intense heat of the young Sun. This video explores Mercury, the scarred planet that is slowly shrinking; Venus, where a ...

Traveling between planets is far more difficult than most people imagine. Even with modern rockets, journeys across the solar system take months, years, or even decades depending on planetary ...

To uncover the history of our solar system, it is necessary to study the dynamic evolution of the ancient solar nebula materials. These materials interacted and coevolved with the weak but widespread ...

For the first time ever astronomers have witnessed a budding star system emerge for the cosmic fog. Credit: Directed by: L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser Hosted by: S. Randall Written by: A. Briggs, S.

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.

Space scientists have revealed a new image of the mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system. Researchers said the picture shows the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, suggested to be a ...