Solar System

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet.The James Webb Space Telescopetook…

About six months have elapsed since the most powerful space telescope in history bid farewell to Earth and took off into the darkness. In that time, the James Webb Space Telescope has deployed its gold-coated mirrors, turned on its…

When a comet dips near the sun, it’s a spectacular and rare sight from here on Earth. Our solar system is brimming with these small chunks of ice, though, orbiting a great distance from the sun in the far-out Oort Cloud. Given comets’…

It was the worst day in the history of life on Earth. One moment, the Age of Dinosaurs lumbered on as it had for millions and millions of years. The next, a roughly six-mile-wide chunk of space rock slammed into…