The Earth's Moon is its only one, but scientists recently discovered a new celestial body that will be staying near the planet for the next several decades.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.

A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this means for our solar system.

"The national security establishment has already been doing this for five decades but thought that no one could replicate it, ...

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 have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...