Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an ...

Astronomers have directly spotted a rare young planet, WISPIT 2b, still forming within the gap of a dusty ringed disk around ...

Scientists have recently unveiled an extraordinary discovery: a massive ‘interstellar tunnel’ that appears to link our Solar ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently discovered interstellar visitor hurtling through our solar system. Traveling at 130,000 mph, 3I/ATLAS is the fastest comet ever observed ...

The immensity of space makes it impossible for humans to discover every hiding place the universe holds. Its infinitude makes it an eternal enigma, but with technological advances, ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on Sept. 23 will send three spacecraft a million miles from Earth to map the heliosphere and expand ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

The award-winning PBS science series, NOVA, a production of GBH, will premiere an epic new five-part series, SOLAR SYSTEM, Wednesdays, beginning October 2 at 9pm ET/8C on PBS.

Unlike typical comets, ‘Oumuamua lacks rock or carbon-rich material. It is also much more elongated than other comets. It ...

OSIRIS-REx samples from Bennu contain stardust older than the Sun, preserving clues to the solar system’s earliest history.

The universe is full of surprises, but two discoveries in the outer solar system are dominating astronomy news this week. First, astronomers reported yesterday that they have found a distant, tiny ...