Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

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

Cape Canaveral: Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star , providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system . It’s ...

Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in ...

New observations of a strange object that wobbles around the space between Jupiter and Uranus reveal what looks like a system ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just flew by the sun. Next, the object will fly by Earth in ...