"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

Astronomers discovered evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation forming around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away.

The observations offer a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an emerging planetary system, said the University of ...

In a cosmic first, scientists identified signs of early planet formation by looking deep into the gas disk around a baby star ...

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This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October.

In this artist’s impression, a comet erupts with jets of gas as it falls toward the sun from the depths of the outer solar system.