Only three confirmed interstellar objects have ever passed through our Solar System: the asteroid Oumuamua and the comets ...

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

A bright fireball seen over Thailand on October 26 may be debris from a 10,000-year-old comet, with more meteors expected.

This video shows the mountain village of Zhagana in Gansu, China, surrounded by steep cliffs and green valleys, captured in ...

The unusual trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked speculation that it could be an alien spacecraft.

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...

Research shows Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull may have protected Earth by keeping its orbit steady and preventing it from drifting toward the Sun.

The cosmic object 3I/ATLAS has sparked intense interest since it entered our solar system. A key question among scientists is whether this interstellar object has a tail.

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.