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

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Understanding the history of water distribution in the solar system will help us to understand other planetary systems, and if they could be on their way to hosting an Earth-like planet,” said ...

There are five known dwarf planets in our solar system. One of them is named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of corn, agriculture, and harvests. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun. It has ...

The James Webb Telescope eyes a new asteroid belt — in another star's solar system The new space telescope is so powerful that it can spot not merely exoplanets, but distant asteroid belts as well ...

There are more than a million objects in the Solar System’s asteroid belt. NASA’s even visited a few of them, such as Bennu and, soon, Psyche. However, another asteroid named 33 Polyhymnia ...

Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed The gas that produce stars also cushion them from the blast of nearby supernovae.

Scientists may have found evidence of a ninth planet hiding out beyond Pluto, but is it actually Planet Nine?

Using the James Webb Space Telescope's capabilities, scientists captured the first asteroid belt seen outside the solar system – and it's more complex than expected.

Astronomers have gained a new understanding of the chaos that wreathes the bright star Fomalhaut with the help of the powerful space observatory.

Following its mission to Mars, the United Arab Emirates plans to send spacecraft to the asteroid belt to investigate the history of the solar system.

A new SPHERE/VLT image of Hygiea, which could be the Solar System’s smallest dwarf planet yet. As an object in the main asteroid belt, Hygiea satisfies right away three of the four requirements ...