The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in the sky, a small speck that grows larger and larger. Soon, it becomes clear: ...
Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a ...
Research shows Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull may have protected Earth by keeping its orbit steady and preventing it from drifting toward the Sun.
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...
What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...
Avi Loeb suggested that if 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, it may use its proximity to the Sun's powerful gravitational pull while ...
Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...
Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...
The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.
A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...