NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar system. The frozen water was found within a debris disk circling HD 181327, a ...

NASA's JWST has uncovered solid water ice in a distant star system, reshaping our understanding of life's building blocks and ...

NASA has just announced a groundbreaking discovery: 10 new Earth-like planets beyond our solar system that could potentially ...

A newly detected planet beyond Pluto is not just expanding our understanding of the Solar System, it might be quietly rewriting it. Astronomers from the University of Taiwan recen ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

Astronomers spotted water around a young, sun-like star for the first time ever, and it could help us understand solar system formation.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

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

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all ... direction from everything else in the solar system, according to NASA. This could be the result of a gravitational pull from a nearby ...

Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump ...