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

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

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.

ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter was able to collect high-resolution imaging and spectroscopic data of the 3I/ATLAS comet.

"Without it, we might not have Earth as we know it."Using computer simulations, Izidoro and his colleagues modeled how ...

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Redwood Materials scaling up its grid battery business and Jennifer ...

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