Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

Jupiter's influence on our Solar System dates back to a time when Earth was still just a cloud of dust and gas. Long before ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

Evidently, it’s a big week for news involving comets, as a team of astronomers now reports the detection of an intriguing ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

Scientists propose carbon-neutral data centres in orbit using solar power and space cooling, offering a sustainable ...

For decades, scientists have wondered how the Sun’s outer atmosphere — the corona — burns millions of degrees hotter than its ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

Her determination eventually led her to join NASA and take a leading role in building the International Space Station through ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...