What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

The most striking claim about 3I/ATLAS is its estimated age range of 8-14 billion years. This analysis, led by Michele ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

New calculations reported by Live Science indicate Jupiter was once much larger and is still contracting as it cools, offering constraints on early solar system conditions.

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the ...

Key takeawaysPlanets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...