The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) as they encircle the giant planet. But smaller celestial bodies in the ...

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

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

Solar system is a collection of various celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun. Our ...

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

Harvard professor Avi Loeb claims 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spacecraft. Arizona State University professor Steven Desch is ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted ...

Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...

The European Space Agency's two Mars orbiters take their shot at getting pictures of the exotic interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study ...

New research suggests that planets outside our solar system contain far less surface water than scientists once believed. Contrary to earlier theories that these exoplanets might be covered by deep ...

I f you’ve ever wanted to see a chunk of the early solar system with your own eyes, now’s your chance. The comet C/2025 A6, commonly called Comet Lemmon, is currently on approach with the inner solar ...