When most of us learn about the solar system, it seems like a pretty well-ordered place. Our sun formed first, about five billion years ago, and the planets appeared a little later. As a very general ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time. Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in ...

Astronomers have observed a solar system being formed for the first time, as hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star (Picture: ESO) Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a ...

The solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago by the explosion of a star at the end of its life cycle, according to a groundbreaking study of meteorites. Research suggests a low-mass supernova was ...

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

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

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

The only previous interstellar visitor discovered in our solar system was a cigar-shaped rocky object called 'Oumuamua found in 2017 Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...

New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...

The evidence suggests that the planet HR 8799c formed when ice particles in the cooler part of a dusty, gassy disk around its star clumped into a planetary core ...