About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

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

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...