Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Ultra-Cold Planetary System, ALMA Reveals
Water is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, hence its H2O formula. In typical water…
Astronomers Discover Major Clue About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins
3I/ATLAS became the main character when it came hurtling into our solar system last year, so it’s only…
Scientists Probed the Rings Around Uranus to Find Out How They Got There
The cold, icy world of Uranus is framed by a pair of rings that orbit the planet at…
What’s the weirdest planet in the solar system?
Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and…
Rare Interstellar Comet To Shine In Skies After 170,000 Years: Here’s How To Watch
A rare celestial event is set to capture attention as an interstellar comet makes its way through the…
Webb Telescope Resolves Cosmic Identity Crisis Between Planets and Stars
29 Cygni b is a massive object weighing around 15 times as much as Jupiter and with 150…
Mercury’s Sulfur-Rich Magma May Rewrite How Solar System’s Innermost Planet Formed
New research from Rice University suggests sulfur keeps Mercury’s interior molten at lower temperatures, offering new clues to…
Could Earth Have Sent Life To Venus? New Study Explores ‘Panspermia’ As A Possible Explanation
While this theory implies a possible origin, the presence of life on Venus is not confirmed. If life…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids
Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids, including hundreds of trans-Neptunian objects…
The Weirdest Moons In Our Solar System
We used to think moons were the boring sidekicks of the solar system. For decades, we treated them…
Neptune Has a Weird Tilt and Its Moon Might Be to Blame for It
Neptune. Image credits: NASA. Most planets in our solar system are tilted. Earth’s 23-degree tilt gives us our…
Earth’s Building Blocks Came from Close to Home, Planetary Scientists Say
A new analysis of isotopic signatures across planets and meteorite parent bodies suggests our home world formed entirely…