Discover why Earth's asteroid belt is disappearing and what this means for the future of our solar system, including potential impacts for Earth and beyond.

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is nearing the sun, sparking debate due to Harvard professor Avi Loeb's theory that it could be an alien spacecraft. While Loeb suggests its trajectory and timing near the ...

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar HOPS-315 in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Guest: Dr ...

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has captured unprecedented close-range data on the interstellar object ...

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

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 ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just made its closest pass of the sun, setting it on an ...