Now that the Voyager 1 space probe has officially left the solar system, it would be nice to know where it is, exactly, in the large scheme of things. This crafty map will help. https ...

Understanding the solar system's local bubble. The eROSITA telescope, the primary instrument of the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission launched in 2019, is the ideal instrument to tackle this ...

As the team's map shows, the heliosphere doesn't exactly stay true to the "sphere" part of its name; the barrier around the solar system is more of a wibbly-wobbly blob that's far thinner on one ...

This illustration shows the position of NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes outside the solar system’s heliosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The trouble is that these two data sets don’t ...

This recently discovered world, some 700 kilometers in diameter, is more than a mere ice leftover on the solar system’s fringe. Its discovery, made by winnowing through historical images taken ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.

New Map Reveals Secrets of Io, the Solar System’s Most Volcanic Moon. The best-yet map of active volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io hints at a hidden magma ocean—and more.

U sing data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system.

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system.