A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The new CdTe-on-glass technology offers a lighter, cheaper, and highly radiation-resistant alternative, targeting 20% ...