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A newly discovered interstellar comet is racing through our solar system, and the first telescope to capture it may have been ...

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Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for ...

For Harold Kozak, one of life’s greatest pleasures is the opportunity to educate the public about the stars and the vast ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope and Canada France Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea discovered a “fossil” of our early ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Researchers just got a step closer to understanding the origins of our solar system, with the discovery of an object orbiting ...

WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (WKRC) — A 14-year-old Eagle Scout with a passion for astronomy has completed a remarkable project at Hisey ...