Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered a groundbreaking view of the early solar system, focusing on icy celestial bodies such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. These ...

Saturn, the sixth planet in our Solar System, is renowned for its stunning ring system, a remarkable feature of astronomical ...

The 2025 skywatching guide includes a rare sunrise solar eclipse, an occultation of Mars and three supermoons. Here are the ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.

The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles of the ...

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs. Now scientists are finding clues that our Sun may once have had a companion of its ...

Its effects, as well as being more consequential for our society, are difficult to understand due to outstanding problems in ...

The Moon's relationship with Earth is crucial for stabilising our planet's axial tilt and influencing tides, but this still ...

JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...

The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are ...

A guiding star is key to the Nativity story, so there’s symbolism to be found in a daring Christmas Eve mission to give humans their closest-ever encounter with the sun.