How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) Humanity’s drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with ...

BepiColombo, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched Oct. 20, 2018.

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is set to brighten the October sky, and astronomy experts have shared the best times and directions to spot this rare celestial visitor.

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Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

A new study sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy and why the life and death of nearby stars are ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Can an object somewhat behave like both a planet and a star, especially when it is forming? Turns out, the answer is yes! Astronomers have reported a mysterious “rogue planet” gobbling 6 million tons ...