Discover the mysterious 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar visitor to our solar system! Was it an asteroid, comet, or an alien ...

Comets that have hit Earth have been a mixed bag. Early in Earth's history, during the solar system's chaotic beginning, they ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

Researchers named it 'Oumuamua, Hawaiian for "scout". 'Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be ...

It’s likely that the dark comet team will soon have answers, and our solar system will become just a little bit more predictable. “I don’t think I’ve emotionally prepared myself for that ...

Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...

Exploration of the outer solar system is offering critical clues about its history. Scientists have uncovered new details ...

The striking Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) photograph was captured by astrophotographer Josh Dury at 4:50 a.m. local time on April 9.

"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...