Scientists who study comets are struggling to keep up with popular speculation that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was sent ...

Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi, have spotted such a gruesome glimpse of stellar ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just ...

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.

Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is drawing global attention for its mysterious path through our solar system, offering rare insights into objects originating beyond the Sun’s gravitational reach.

Why do all planets in our solar system orbit the Sun the same way? This documentary unravels the cosmic forces, from the ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.