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

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar HOPS-315 in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Guest: Dr ...

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

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

Researchers are sounding the alarm. Climate change is not only threatening the environment in South America, but also a key water supply for the people there.

Even though winter is definitely on the way in November, the nighttime sky still has some summer constellations lingering in ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

Chiron is a centaur approximately 200 km in diameter and takes about 50 years to complete a full orbit around the Sun.

Jupiter's influence on our Solar System dates back to a time when Earth was still just a cloud of dust and gas. Long before ...

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

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

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