Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin ...

Our solar system is speeding through the galaxy at more than three times the velocity scientists once believed, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The findings,released in November 2025, could ...

A small, icy traveler from deep space has just threaded its way through the inner Solar System, offering a fleeting but ...

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait ...

Our sun will run out of fuel in the distant future and become a white dwarf after going through a red giant phase. Astronomers at the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have discovered a distant ...

The clash of two galaxy clusters in Abell 2146 is teaching astronomers about the kinds of "collisionless" shock waves that occur in our own solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

(CNN) – Astronomers have discovered a rare family of six planets about 100 light years from Earth. The exo-planets are larger than the Earth but smaller than Neptune. The planets are in a ...

New research has found evidence that Earth's early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning traditional ...