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

New observations of a strange object that wobbles around the space between Jupiter and Uranus reveal what looks like a system ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

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

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

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 ...

If you've been waiting with bated breath for scientists to finally point the James Webb space telescope (JWST) at targets within our own solar system, you're in good company—and in luck. New images ...

Jupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system of circling satellites; their movements convinced Galileo Galilei that Earth is not the center ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Spectators are in for a treat this week as they turn to the sky for a blue moon and a bright Saturn and Jupiter. According to NASA, the next full moon of the summer will occur on Sunday when the "blue ...

Because it’s bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter’s massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...