Our Solar System hides worlds of fire and ice, storms that outlast civilizations, and mysteries still beyond human reach. These ten discoveries reveal a universe far stranger than we imagined.

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

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Tesla announced that it is reviving solar leasing after years of allowing its solar business to slowly decline over the last few years. The company had even stopped reporting solar installations.

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume. Astronomers are still poring over data to get a better sense of 3I/ATLAS, ...