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

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

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

With new telescopes coming online and fresh discoveries arriving almost weekly, the search is only accelerating. Each new world we find is more than a point of light somewhere in the great darkness.

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There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb argued interstellar object 3I/ATLAS "could either visit us or release some mini-probes that ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

From the scorching surface of Mercury to the icy edges of Neptune, our planetary neighborhood is full of wonders. The order of the planets isn't just trivia—it tells a story about temperature, ...