New work offers fresh evidence supporting the supernova shock wave theory of our solar system’s origin. According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave ...

Our solar system’s origin story spans billions of years and involves clouds of gas, cosmic collisions, and planetary migrations that shaped the worlds we know today. While it may seem intuitive that ...

The solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago by the explosion of a star at the end of its life cycle, according to a groundbreaking study of meteorites. Research suggests a low-mass supernova was ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY It has been considered by some that global cooling in the Plio-Pleistocene might have been due to changes in ocean ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is losing an insane amount of mass after making its closest pass of the sun last month — a ...

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be chemically active. Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the ...

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using the Atacama Large ...

Astronomers have dismissed viral online claims that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was destroyed near the Sun, confirming that ...