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NASA’s James Webb telescope captured its first direct image of a distant gas giant, revealing groundbreaking insights into ...

Astronomers have spotted unusual molecular activity in the largest Oort Cloud comet, comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

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ESA's Gaia mission has determined he orbits of 154,741 asteroids in our solar system. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC AOC reacts after ...