What Makes Our Solar System Special? SNL’s cold open mocks Trump, Hegseth in 51st season premiere He made an ‘illegal' film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

One of the leading voices arguing that 3I/ATLAS may be an alien spacecraft has revealed when humans may discovery the ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in space exploration by discovering over 6,000 planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. This milestone has not only expanded our ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.

Yeimy J. Rivera receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the SAO/SWEAP subcontract 975569. Tatiana Niembro receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...

Titan, the second largest moon in the Solar System—indeed, it is even larger than the planet Mercury—draws attention not only because of its size, but also due to its dense, hazy atmosphere, an ...

The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...