Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

For the first time, astronomers have successfully observed the earliest stages of planet formation around a star outside our ...

I’m not sure whether it was elementary school science classes or Fred Flintstone’s Brontosaurus burgers that made the giant ...

But when will the solar system end? And how will it die out? The answers to those questions depend on how we define the death of the solar system. The solar system consists of eight planets, several ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of cosmic otherness ...

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image ...