The passage of 3I/ATLAS through our solar system is not a threat this time, but it is a wake-up call. The alarm has rung. Are ...

I/Atlas, an interstellar comet heading toward the Sun, has drawn global attention. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb claims there ...

Research shows Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull may have protected Earth by keeping its orbit steady and preventing it from drifting toward the Sun.

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

This is your rundown on the latest breaking news in space. We’ve got updates on everything from auroras to black holes, plus ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

The first picture of a planet outside our solar system may actually depict a swirl of space dust, a new study suggests.

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the extreme winds observed around their equators. While some of these planets have ...

A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system — streaked past Mars last week. A spacecraft in orbit around the red planet had a front-row ...