Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

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

Harvesting solar energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth is a decades-old idea. Now, a raft of companies say they could ...

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled ...

Mysterious Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from beyond our Solar System, will make its closest approach to Earth ...

I/ATLAS is an interstellar object — the third known visitor from beyond our solar system — now sweeping past the Sun on a one ...

Astronomers have identified 2025 SC79, a new asteroid with a remarkably fast 128-day orbit, placing it among the ...

For years, scientists have viewed our solar system as isolated within the vast emptiness of space. But recent findings have ...