To unravel the mystery of Jupiter's birth, scientists turned their attention to meteorites. These cosmic 'messengers' carry a ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS spacecraft close flyby SwRI mission has gained global attention. Scientists propose a mission to ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? New images from the Hubble ...

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets ...

Experiments trace interstellar dust back to solar system's formation Chemical studies show that dust particles originated in a low-temperature environment Date: June 11, 2018 Source: DOE/Lawrence ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.

Four and a half billion years ago Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the orbits of small rocky and icy bodies similar to modern asteroids and comets, ...

Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new ...

Ancient solar system crash may explain Bennu and Ryugu’s origin Spectral data of main belt asteroid Polana matches returned samples of near-Earth asteroids. Date: August 21, 2025 Source ...

New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary ...