Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

A look at the potential effects of a rogue planet entering our solar system, from shifting Earth’s orbit to triggering ...

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is suspected to be causing unusua ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

Planet Y is the latest in a series of hypothetical solar system planets that scientists have proposed in recent years, all with slightly different characteristics, but collectively believed to be ...

Our solar system now, once again, officially consists of only eight planets. Although largely debunked, speculation continued ...