Astronomers say they have figured out the true chemical makeup of our solar system, revealing that it contained much more carbon, oxygen and nitrogen than previously thought. Chiefly, the finding ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescope ...

At the far edge of the Solar System, where the Sun’s influence thins into the dark between the stars, a pair of aging spacecraft has stumbled into something unexpectedly fierce. Instead of a gentle ...

Data from 25 comets were compiled to test predictions of solar system formation and evolution. ORLANDO, Nov. 4, 2022 – A new study from the University of Central Florida has found strong support that ...

There are plenty of moons orbiting around the planets in our solar system — Saturn, for example, has well over 100 known moons — and astronomers believe that planets outside our solar system almost ...

"We have been calling Uranus an ice giant, but we don't really know its nature." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers say ...