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

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

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

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

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

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

The comet – named 3I/ ATLAS – was discovered this summer and led to excitement because it appears to be an interstellar comet ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

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

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...