Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Yuri_Arcurs via Getty Images Primordial helium from the beginning of the solar system may ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just done something no visitor from another star system has ever been caught doing: it ...

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth. Contained within are hints about the very beginning of the solar system and how ...

Analysis of the second confirmed interstellar comet to visit our solar system suggests that the alien body could be covered ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our sun." Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary system that could ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

What can the protoplanetary disk’s lifetime teach us about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international ...