Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient origins and glimpsing the destiny that awaits it in the distant future ...

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 ...

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

For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent ...

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

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

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

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

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

In our solar system, the first solid material to condense near Earth around the sun is found trapped within ancient meteorites – or rocks from space that survive their trip through Earth's atmosphere.