3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called The events, detected in 2004 ...

The latest visitor from deep space is leaving a mark that stretches far beyond its icy core. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

Avi Loeb says interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS could carry time capsules into deep space faster than spacecraft built with 1970s technology ...

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

At the far edge of the Solar System, where the Sun’s influence thins into the dark between the stars, a pair of aging ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building bodies. The structures often resemble our asteroid and Kuiper belts, hinting ...

Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star — giving us an unprecedented, real-time look at how our solar system would’ve formed some ...

A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

While the Voyager spacecraft are constantly traveling out of the Solar System, sometimes they are getting closer to Earth.