The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...

Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts.

In 2016, scientists Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin suggested that an unseen Planet Nine could explain the unusual ...

Scientists have been on the hunt for a possible ninth planet in our solar system for some time. The existence of this elusive ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

New observations of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show that ... this program to observe the outer planets in our solar system and watch how they change over ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

The smooth, planet-less disk of the Vega star system challenges planetary formation theories, suggesting alternative cosmic ...

Over the last decade, NASA's Kepler space telescope surpassed expectations: it alone has detected several thousand planets, revealing the architecture of exoplanetary systems. Compared to our Solar ...

A spacecraft has blasted into space and will travel 1.8 billion ... kilometres), finally arriving at the biggest planet in the solar system in April 2030. What it finds could change what ...

and exploration of habitable planets and extraterrestrial life. The mid- and long-term programme, guiding space science from 2024 to 2050, includes priority areas like solar system origins ...