In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a ...

Based on the composition of gases spewed by the icy space rock, researchers estimate that our guest might be up to 12 billion ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser provides surprising new details about the trigger that may have started the earliest phases of planet formation in our solar system. It is ...

A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...

Two massive planets may have once existed in early solar system before being ejected, leaving behind evidence in unusual ...

Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.

It's an exciting time for the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. Thanks to cutting-edge observatories, instruments, and new techniques, scientists are getting closer to experimentally ...

One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the Solar System. Detected by ...

Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of ...

For the first time ever astronomers have witnessed a budding star system emerge for the cosmic fog. Credit: Directed by: L.

A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal has traced six chemically distinct families of the Solar System's oldest meteorites to a single ring-shaped dust trap just beyond Jupiter's orbit — ...