Every once in a while, our solar system receives a fleeting visitor from the depths of our galaxy. On July 1, 2025, NASA’s ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

3I/ATLAS is called a comet. Except that, upon closer look, it doesn't look like a comet. Dubbed as an "unusually fast" ...

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

The uncommon interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is captivating astronomers worldwide as it races through our solar system at an astonishing speed of roughly 130,000 mph (219,000 km/h).

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

Astronomers have discovered a significant “growth spurt” in a rogue planet outside of our solar system. The free-floating planet is currently consuming gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of ...

The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...

Scientists are baffled by the suspicious behaviour of mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS racing through our solar system ...

Scientists have been left puzzled after spotting that the mysterious interstellar object in our Solar System is 'bleeding' ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...