In the wake of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October, comet G3 is due to reach perihelion — its closest to the sun — ...

The Webb Telescope reveals new insights into icy planetesimals, shedding light on the early solar system's evolution.

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have revolutionized our understanding of the solar system's formation with ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than ever before. It traveled at 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ...

The 2025 skywatching guide includes a rare sunrise solar eclipse, an occultation of Mars and three supermoons. Here are the ...

Mars’ strangely small mass still puzzles planetary scientists. Definitive answers as to why are still hard to come by.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered a groundbreaking view of the early solar system, focusing on icy celestial bodies such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. These ...

There were high hopes for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS throughout the first part of 2024. It was a visitor from the Oort Cloud, the vast cloud of large comets that surrounds our solar system, that was on a ...