Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around ...

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...