In the above animation, the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn are shown orbiting the barycentre of our solar system. The barycentre is ...

He created a series of animations that explore the difficulty of accurately depicting our solar system. "Think about the vastness of space long enough and chills are sent down the spine," O ...

During the total solar eclipse, the Moon will turn off the ... or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.

New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern says, "Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we've seen in the solar system." As the craft ...

and a stunning new animation created using NASA data beautifully illustrates that point. In fact, it takes more than four years for light to travel from the nearest star to our solar system.

Astronomers are using the NASA's Hubble Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. This animation ...

On Monday, April 8, Google is marking the upcoming total solar eclipse with a special animation on its search ... lurking in the shadows of the Solar System? 'Cosmic crisis': The universe is ...