For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent discoveries are reshaping that view, revealing that our cosmic neighborhood may ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Outer space is a fascinating place to explore, and mankind has pushed the limits of technology to learn more about our solar ...

The formation of Earth is a cosmic tale that stretches back over 4.5 billion years, from the swirling gases and dust of the solar nebula to the planet we know today. But how exactly did Earth come to ...

A study has suggested that this motion of our star through the galaxy potentially takes us through regions of space that ...

These strange objects could explain how water arrived on Earth, but may also be a previously unrecognised threat to our ...

The Earth, at 1 AU of course, takes one year. Jupiter, orbiting the sun at 5 AU, takes just under 12 years. Distant Pluto (about 40 AU) takes 248 years –- so long in fact, that it hasn’t even ...

Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in the sharpest view yet captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, helping astronomers ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted a gas giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A.