I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object racing toward the Sun, is baffling scientists with its speed and origin. Some ...

In 2029, they will launch the Solar Polar Observatory (SPO) mission that will reach the Sun and deconstruct its burning ...

Voyager 1 has been exploring the cosmos for decades, but when it reached the edge of the solar system, it found something ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected and groundbreaking discovery in our solar system—a ring system forming around Chiron, a ...

Astronomy news today is packed with discoveries about the Sun, including tiny solar loops and hidden engines that drive solar ...

A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and ...

The enigma of the intruder about the same size as Manhattan Island is making astronomers rethink what they know about cosmic ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today." Astronomers have discovered a massive new solar system body located ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe), states ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS moves against a backdrop of stars. The ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, was the first to report that the object came from interstellar space. ATLAS / University of ...

( Nanowerk News) The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and ...

Some are no bigger than pebbles, while others stretch for miles, silently orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt or zipping ...