It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial ...

Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system ...

Brian on a glacier to explore a part of Earth that is a good analogue for Pluto, Denali mountains region of Alaska, USA (Image: BBC/Prof Brian Cox) Join Professor Brian Cox on a journey to the Volcano ...

A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted. It's the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and it was detected on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS ...

The exact shape of the Oort cloud and how it is affected by forces beyond our solar system have, so far, remained mysterious. Now, researchers have developed a new model that suggests the inner ...

What is our solar system? Well, it's a simple question and, in a sense, it has a simple answer. Now, a solar system is the collection of objects that orbits around the sun, that orbit around our star.

UK stargazers were treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, a phenomenon that sees the sun partially obscured by the moon. Up to 40% of the sun was covered as the moon passed between ...

The newborn planetary system is emerging around Hops-315, a baby star around 1,300 light-years away. In a first, astronomers have observed the very early stages of the creation of a new solar system ...

The Tata Power-managed four power distribution companies (discoms) on Monday rolled out the one-kilowatt rooftop solar (RTS) scheme under utility- ...