Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

Scientists are baffled by the suspicious behaviour of mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS racing through our solar system ...

Small fragments of rock can reveal a lot when they’re analyzed with powerful laboratory instruments. New research into tiny ...

Scientists have been left puzzled after spotting that the mysterious interstellar object in our Solar System is 'bleeding' ...

Astronomers appear to have found the missing link that traces the water here on Earth and throughout our solar system back billions of years to when it formed in interstellar space! By now, we've ...

An interstellar comet passing through the solar system contains a surprising mix of chemicals, findings that could help researchers learn more about how planets and stars form elsewhere in the galaxy.

Objects like 3I/ATLAS could become the "seeds" of giant planets after being captured in the discs of dust and gas surrounding ...

Astronomers are buzzing over 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system, and a new theory claims it can ...

A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago. Then the planets began to emerge, as the billions of particles of gas ...