Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

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Little pieces of the 4.5 billion-year-old Asteroid Bennu are saying a whole lot about the history of the solar system. As the first asteroid samples to return to the U.S. for research, particles from ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

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Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar ...

Two rare cosmic collisions around the young star Fomalhaut were caught by space telescopes, offering new clues about how planets form.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first-ever images of the sun's ...