"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

Travel back 3.8 billion years to witness the late heavy bombardment and explore the early solar system, from Mercury's ...

The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came ...

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule ...

Planets are not living organisms and, like molecules, do not have to be biological. But at least one is deeply biological in ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

Astronomers have spotted telltale signs of a new planet actively growing out of the fog of gas and dust that surrounds it.