China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital ...

Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, is probably shedding comets and asteroids into our solar system — and even producing a few meteors in our sky. Located just 4.3 light-years ...

Meteors from the Eta Aquariids, known for their speed and created from space debris originating from Halley's comet, will ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, researchers say.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

Comets are balls of frozen gas and dust from billions of years ago. Every so often, a comet passes through the inner solar system. “These are relics from when the solar system first formed,” said ...

The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, known for its link to Halley's Comet, is viewable until May 28, offering a spectacular view for sky watchers ...

Back in 1986, when the comet last swung through the inner solar system, it lost about 1/1,000th of its mass. Rice said that the dust trail crosses Earth's orbit twice, which gives us two yearly meteor ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary ...