Although key details are missing from the story of how our Solar System formed, recent discoveries are helping scientists ...

Webb Space Telescope data show comet 3I/ATLAS holds far more heavy methane than any known Solar System body, hinting that it ...

Astronomers using the Rubin Observatory have spotted 2026 ED138, a possible sixth dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt ...

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now found a world that ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond.

Mars and Jupiter Conjunction As the month continues, Mars and Jupiter will edge closer and closer to one another, casting shy ...

Exiled interstellar visitors like comet 3I/ATLAS are time capsules from the cosmos at large, yeeted from their exosolar homes ...

The discovery was announced on October 27 by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. Scientists believe ...

This Venus storyline is an excellent example of science at work. In less than two years, science went from “We may have found ...

Move aside Pluto, scientists have identified another possible dwarf planet in our solar system. Astronomers using the NSF–DOE ...

The far reaches of the Solar System are largely a mystery to humanity. This region represents a sort of liminal interstice ...

In hindsight, Liu is glad she did. The space rock, known as Teghaza 001, appears to be a piece of Mars that formed more than 4.1 billion years ago, making it one of the oldest Martian meteorites ...