For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system. But things might be a lot ...

Space looks empty until you try to cross it. Far beyond Pluto, where sunlight is faint and the planets are long behind, ...

I/ATLAS arrived fast, bright, and strange. When astronomers spotted it on July 1, 2025, they knew almost immediately this was ...

One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar system. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was ...

Research assessing the demand-constrained solar potential of 38 European countries finds the continent could feasibly deploy ...

It feels like every few months we get to report on another academic paper singing the praises of the Solar Gravitational Lens ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new paper.

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming into view, revealing hints of a surprising past – and the origin of Saturn's ...

Scientists studying a rare, ancient angrite meteorite found in the Sahara Desert have uncovered evidence of a lost protoplanet from the early Solar System.

A star could be about to become visible in the night sky in a once-every-80-years explosion. Here’s how to easily find T ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the ...