For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs. But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems — often called ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but ...

A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance ...

Hubble, JWST, and ESA capture comet 3I/ATLAS blasting jets of gas and dust, offering scientists a rare chance to study ...

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Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

NASA's new images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show typical comet activity, as scientists dismiss online claims that it is ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Nearly eight in 10 U.S. adults are stressed about high energy bills, according to a recent survey by CNET. Their stress is, unfortunately, warranted: Utility prices have steadily climbed over the last ...

The ESA's JUICE probe has for the first time photographed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in an active state, revealing a glowing ...