The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

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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 ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS. A remarkable ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Only four such objects have been discovered, astronomers say. Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The object – which ...

Objects such as 'Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we're about to start spotting a whole lot more of ...

Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system? Astronomers have new cause to investigate. With powerful telescopic ...

(The European Space Agency) A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system — streaked past Mars ... released Tuesday by the European Space ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...