Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

Google IO 2019 unveiled new smart home hardware, the Google Pixel 3a, the death of Nest, and notable privacy changes to ...

I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected. You can stream the object live today, or maybe see it from your ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

The solar wind pushes some of the gas and dust away from the comet, forming those beautiful tails we see. A comet actually ...