Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

The Sun is at the heart of our Solar System, providing the energy that sustains life on Earth. But have you ever wondered what will happen when it reaches the end of its life? In this video, we delve ...

The solar system consists of eight planets, several dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and billions of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. The exact boundaries of the solar system ar ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest ...

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Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...