"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

At first glance, the night sky appears still. But in reality, everything moves, our Solar System being no exception. As it ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) -- our solar system came from that direction!" The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured detailed images of Lynds 483 (L483), a star-forming region located 650 ...