New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

Beyond the edge of Neptune, a distant realm of icy debris known as the Kuiper Belt stretches deep into space. This frozen ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, which launched in 2020 from Cape Canaveral, captured the first-ever images of the ...