When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

Astronomers have identified an interstellar comet entering our solar system, sparking excitement and intrigue within the scientific community. This rare event offers a unique opportunity to study an ...

Our solar system is only one out of hundreds of stellar systems residing in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s comprised of the Sun and eight known planets, half of which are Terrestrial (sporting solid, ...

Is 3I/Atlas an alien spacecraft or just a really interesting rock hurling through the cosmos? That debate has been raging ...

The potential presence of water in the astral body has fueled significant scientific speculation, and observations have led NASA to conclude the comet originated outside of Earth’s solar system. But ...

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman" and "Space Radio," and author of "How to Die in Space." Sutter contributed this article to ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

The inner solar system spins much more slowly than the laws of modern physics predict, and a new study may help to explain why. A thin disk of gas and dust — known as an accretion disk — spirals ...