Astronomers reconstructed the Solar System’s movement relative to the Milky Way’s core and found it passed through the Radcliffe ... if you’re doing it in space or Antarctica,” astronomer ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be ...

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune ... The remaining material flattened into a spinning disk. Through a process called accretion, particles in this disk ...

Santa Clara University students and NASA scientists in nearby Mountain View join forces to test innovative technology using a ...

The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy at this important ultraviolet wavelength, providing a new look at ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through ... our solar system. While these interstellar objects (ISO) originate around a star, they end up as cosmic nomads, wandering through space.