Jupiter may have swept through the early solar system like a wrecking ball, destroying a first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit.
New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and its moons on July 15, revealing their surface features for the first time! You're invited to help choose names.
The Dawn spacecraft is about to start its investigation of Ceres. Suggestions of icy volcanism have led to speculation that the dwarf planet could potentially be habitable.
Spacecraft spies two strange phenomena in the Martian atmosphere: An unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches deep into the Martian atmosphere.