An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, together with scientists from the University of Graz, ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

Discovered by amateur astronomers, this icy relic from the early solar system may not survive its first trip past the sun. A green comet likely is breaking apart and won't be visible to the naked ...

Every so often, a comet passes through the inner solar system. “These are relics from when the solar system first formed,” said Jason Ybarra, director of the West Virginia University ...

Every so often, a comet passes through the inner solar system. “These are relics from when the solar system first formed,” said Jason Ybarra, director of the West Virginia University ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism. In a potential ...

The iron meteorites in question – chunks of rock that have made their long way to Earth from the outer Solar System – are richer in refractory metals than those found in the inner Solar System.