What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using ...

Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe's KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors ...

How big can stars get? This video explores the fascinating topic of stellar sizes, delving into the largest stars in the ...

Rare interstellar visitor the size of Manhattan carries secrets from distant star system Controversial 'comet': An artist's rendition of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it rockets through our Solar System at 58 km ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. A team of astronomers led by Julio Fernández ...