A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system and it's traveling through space at speeds of up to 153,000 miles per hour. It's also only the third confirmed interstellar ...

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

On February 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first family portrait of the solar system! [‘On This Day in Space’ ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object identified by NASA as a comet, recently passed its closest point to the sun. Scientists around the world are observing its months-long journey to learn more about the ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has spent the last several months on a tour of our solar system. NASA spacecraft and telescopes have snapped photos of this celestial visitor over the course of its journey ...

New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened during its farewell tour of the solar system.

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