Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time. Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in ...

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A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own solar system. Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to ...

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.