A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

The mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system grew significantly brighter as it left, according to ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The interstellar comet, originally called A11pl3Z and now known as 3I/Atlas, was first reported by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...

Recently, a group of scientists created a detailed map of this space, showing that the bubble is lopsided in both shape and ...

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New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened ...

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

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