Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

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A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object racing toward the Sun, is baffling scientists with its speed and origin. Some ...

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

While Saturn 's magnificent rings, spanning 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometres), are a familiar celestial marvel, scientists ...

The enigma of the intruder about the same size as Manhattan Island is making astronomers rethink what they know about cosmic ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Scientists have spotted the first clear sign of water from an interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, offering new clues to the ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period — even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed — Earth’s solar system and its planets looked ...