The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

Everything happened slowly—until at a certain ... “Solar system evolution is dynamic,” Levison says. “It’s violent. Our solar system is probably on the mild side compared with what ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

Scientists have detected what they say is the “strongest evidence yet” for the existence of extraterrestrial life, found on a ...

Back in the day, we thought we knew everything there was to know about our solar system. Then they went and demoted Pluto. Now, it seems there might be a mystery contender that has been hiding out ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

Since its discovery in 1930, until 2006, Pluto was counted as the ninth planet in the solar system. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a ‘dwarf planet’, and our ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet, Enaiposha, that defies existing planetary classifications. Found 47 light-years away, it has a dense atmosphe ...

This discovery has led experts to conclude that the Solar System and the Milky Way ... something that changes history and everything we know about our surroundings in space.