Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our ...

Earth gazed into the cosmos, wondering if she would ever get a new planetary neighbor. To her astonishment, one day... it happened. This video explores the breathtaking and chaotic consequences of a ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

First, a piece of basalt simulating an asteroid was secured in place, and opposite it was a target material resembling early ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are ...

Scientists believe giant impacts – like the one depicted in this artist’s concept – occurred on Mars 4.5 billion years ago, ...

This is like getting a baby picture of our own solar system,' says Gabriel Weible, University of Arizona graduate student who ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant ...

This massive gas giant weighs more than the combined mass of the other seven planets in the solar system, raising the ...

The recently discovered interstellar object 3I/Atlas is set for a close flyby of Mars in October, where it can be observed by ...