New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of interstellar space.

A team of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in the hopes of proving—once and for all—that our ...

New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways ...

The solar system, long believed to be a relatively stable and isolated system of planets, moons, and distant bodies, may have experienced a dramatic shift caused by an unexpected interstellar visitor.

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

The planet is experiencing significant atmospheric loss — about 2,00,000 tons per second — primarily composed of light gases ...

In 2025, we might detect the first signs of life outside our solar system. Crucial to this potential breakthrough ... like ancient galaxies and black holes. Every time a planet passes between us and ...

The results, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, have implications for understanding Earth's uniqueness, and for the search for life on planets outside our Solar System. While many exoplanets ...