Astronomers have recently detected a colossal object at the edge of our solar system, sparking excitement and curiosity ...

Recent observations of the outer Solar System using the Subaru Telescope have uncovered objects where none were expected, hinting at the possibility of a larger and more complex structure in our ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the Solar System formed, it took no more than three million years for the ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Today, let's talk about something super mysterious! A detector has discovered an icy comet in the Kuiper Belt, and this has ...

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser provides surprising new details about the trigger that may have started the earliest phases of planet formation in our solar system. It is ...

Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

When 1I/'Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined that it came from outside the solar system. But ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...