The object is likely a 12-mile wide asteroid or comet from way, way out of town that just happens to be passing through our ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The object, a celestial body from another star system, was discovered on Tuesday by the University of Hawaii’s Asteroid ...

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

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Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations in sunlight throughout the day. Because it requires no extra batteries, it ...

The presolar nebula that would one day become the solar system condensed out of one such fragment over about 100,000 years. What does a presolar nebula look like? Something like this.