New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...
An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.
The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.
NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.
Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.
Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.
In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
China is set to embark on a series of ambitious space missions in 2025 including a new sample return mission and the debut of an array of new spacec ...
Giant planets orbiting close to their stars were thought to boot other planets out of their star system on the way in, but ...
Centaurs, these objects orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, exhibit traits of both asteroids and comets. (2060) Chiron, in ...