A peculiar interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is challenging comet theories with its sunward tail and unusual composition. While ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar ...

Blasting around the equators of the solar system's giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - are fierce jet ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

A new study explores how eccentric warm Jupiters - giant exoplanets with unusual oval orbits - form, offering clues about the ...

"But it's certainly the discovery of a puzzle for which a planet is a likely solution ... rocky planets to hide in the very outer reaches of the solar system. At this moment, all we can be certain of ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into ...

Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

The implant is a microelectronic chip placed under the retina. Using signals from a camera mounted on a pair of glasses, the ...