On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, molecules that would never mix on Earth are mixing together, seemingly defying a fundamental rule of chemistry.

If you travel far enough away from the Sun, the Solar System becomes a lot more populated. Out past the orbit of Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast, ring-shaped field of icy rocks. This is where ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

For years, scientists have viewed our solar system as isolated within the vast emptiness of space. But recent findings have revealed a surprising discovery—a “cosmic tunnel” connecting our solar ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

Beta Pictoris is one of the most well-studied stars in the sky, but it took the Webb telescope to notice this unusual structure. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

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 search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...