Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

A growing range of solar system-themed activities, from printable worksheets to dramatic play centers, is helping preschoolers build science knowledge alongside literacy, math, and fine motor skills.

The layout of our solar system follows a hidden pattern shaped billions of years ago. This video explains why rocky planets ...

Parents who gain access to usage logs can see just how much time their children spend inside YouTube's recommendation engine ...

Planets around other stars can help answer one of the greatest mysteries: How did we get here? How did the spinning disk of material left behind by our sun’s birth form our planet and its seven ...

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The standard story of the origin of our solar system has gone like this: 4.6 billion years ago, a giant cloud of dust hung frozen in space. Then the explosion of a nearby star caused part of that dust ...

Some kids struggle with math. Now, scientists have pinpointed some of the specific thinking processes and brain regions that might explain why math is a little harder for some than others. When given ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

The discovery was made by re-analyzing radar data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft from the early 1990s. This finding confirms long-held theories about the existence of subsurface volcanic features on ...