Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in space exploration by discovering over 6,000 planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. This milestone has not only expanded our ...

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

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

As the third known interstellar object in history, 3I/ATLAS has astronomers and the internet on edge. Is it just a comet from ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...

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 ...