A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...
Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall, ...
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed. The object -- likely a comet -- was first detected in data collected between by ...
NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.
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