Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

The detection of a large interstellar objects in 2017 named 'Oumuamua was a remarkable discovery. Figuring out where the ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a distinct and very different composition? This diversity stems from a ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

It's an important addition because no single instrument can fully perceive the universe and its contents ... that includes examining objects within our own solar system, like asteroids.