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

Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in ...

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

A rare interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is currently traversing our solar system, offering scientists a unique chance to ...

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

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

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

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

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.

New simulations from Rice University reveal how Jupiter’s rapid early growth blocked gas and dust from reaching the Sun, ...