The fate of our solar system is written in the stars—well, one star to be precise: the sun. Estimates of what the end will ...

In 2022, a Sun-observing probe flew through an S-shaped stream of charged particles pouring out of the star. These mysterious ...

The solar system could be destroyed much sooner than we thought, scientists say - Outer planets could be thrown out into the ...

When 'Oumuamua traversed our solar system in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then in 2019, Comet 2l/Borisov did the same thing. These are the only two confirmed ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

Astronomers say they have have detected a radio emission from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet 63 light-years from Earth, ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period — even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed — Earth’s solar system and its planets looked ...

Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. Scientists believe Bennu might have broken off from a much larger carbon-rich asteroid about 700 million ...

Explores Pluto’s distinctive heart-shaped surface feature and why it’s considered the largest heart-shaped formation in the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed the atmosphere of the brown dwarf "WISE 0855," located approximately 7.5 light-years from Earth, and captured evidence that the thickness of its water ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

Estimating ages of specific events is one of the most difficult problems in astrophysics. While we have a precise (and probably accurate) age for the solar system, we do not have precise ages for each ...