Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

The comet, officially detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)telescope in Chile, has been confirmed to be travelling on a hyperbolic trajectory, meaning ...

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 ...