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.
Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...
The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...
A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will track invisible particles ...
At the farthest edges of the solar system, strange objects follow paths that defy easy explanation. This story investigates ...
NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.