Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.

Southwest Research Institute has delivered the novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument for final ...

The Voyager probes we sent from Earth back in the 70s found an incredible 'wall of fire' at the edge of our solar system ...

The Last Time NASA's Voyager "Looked Back" At Our Solar System, This Is What It Saw Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

Its rust-colored surface and surprising similarities to Earth have earned it the nickname “the Red Planet.” Covered in iron oxide, Mars also boasts some of the most extreme landscapes in the Solar ...

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Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.