Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...