Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

Hubble discovered a point of light in a neighboring star system, presumably a debris cloud from a celestial body collision.

I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches ...

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

Astronomers believe the solar system's early days were a cosmic bumper-to-bumper, with planetesimals, asteroids, and comets colliding and pelting Earth, the Moon, and other inner planets with debris.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passes Earth, stunning scientists with a million-kilometre anti-tail and prompting reflections on ...

From ancient star charts to modern space telescopes, unexplained objects passing through the cosmos tend to ignite equal parts curiosity and speculation. That fascination has intensified in recent ...

A Look Back at 2025 in Space! On Episode 190 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look back at the past year in ...

Scientists watching the nearby Fomalhaut star system have directly seen two protoplanets smash together for the first time. Then, they saw it happen again.

Mars at sunset reveals dozens of razor-thin atmospheric layers in stunning detail, helping scientists map dust and ice ...