Scientists tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and found rotating jets in a rare sun-facing tail during its 2025 pass through the solar system.

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant ...

The planets of the solar system orbit the sun in a complex and ever-shifting ballet, which can see them appear as glorious ...

The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

This video explains why planets in our solar system orbit in nearly the same plane, tracing their origins back to a rotating protoplanetary disc of dust and gas that formed around the young Sun. It ...

In the vast calm of the solar system, planetary orbits often appear orderly, stable, and insulated from the broader mechanics ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An object has been discovered orbiting the sun far beyond ...

FILE: Before heading back to the North Pole, Santa Claus stopped through Gruene to hear last-minute requests from kids. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions ...

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the possible orbit of a new exoplanet around two brown dwarfs, or failed stars, 120 light years away. (L. Calçada/ESO via ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...