Barnard’s Star hosts four hostile small planets whose unusual chemistry and orbital rhythm reveal how compact planetary systems can form and survive.

This illustration shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the center. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser. Astronomers have found what may be the first convincing ...

NASA's record-breaking New Horizons spacecraft has awoken from a 321-day hibernation in "good health" as it resumes unprecedented science at the solar system's edge.

The international team reached the conclusion after analysing nickel isotopes preserved in a thin layer of clay left behind ...

After examining a meteorite that crashed to Earth in 2024, NASA is uncovering new details about ancient water, the chemical ...

Far beyond Neptune, strange orbital patterns suggest the Solar System may still contain a massive unseen planet. Planet 9 ...

Voyager 1 is about to set a new record, reaching 1 light-day from Earth, having passed through the heliosphere into ...

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...

A discovery that caught the attention of Chinese netizens on Sunday was that astronomers have confirmed an exoplanet named ...

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey bedroom in the summer of 2024 may hold a clue to ancient life on Earth.

The solar system may be hiding a secret. Far beyond Neptune, in a region where sunlight is weak and distances become ...

A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its ...