Initial analysis suggested the nucleus was approximately 13.7 kilometers wide (roughly city-sized); however, researchers believe this may have been an overestimate. It is likely a long-period comet ...

Scientists at U.C. Santa Barbara have developed a new kind of “liquid battery” that can capture sunlight and release it later ...

Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be ...

Inside-out solar system, ancient Inuit seafarers in the High Arctic, infant brains categorize objects, and how plastic and ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

The interstellar visitor, only the third such object to be discovered passing through our solar system, ignited controversial ...

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Every once in a while, the outer solar system reminds us that we've only discovered a negligible portion of it, and that the vast majority is still full of surprises. The latest example of this is a ...

The White House is moving to dismantle a weather research facility in Colorado, a decision that would not only impact climate science on Earth, but our ability to understand space weather as well. The ...