So which one are we (we human beings, I mean)? Well, it depends on who’s asking. To a virus, we’re colossal, even vast. To a giraffe, we’re small. If it’s me asking, a virus looks microscopic ...

A newly captured image has provided an unprecedented view of the third interstellar object to pass through our solar system, sparking excitement in the astronomical community. The object, identified ...

Feast your eyes, my friends, on this -- by far the most detailed image ever of a young star and its protoplanetary disk. Here you can see the young star HL Tau, which is only about one million years ...

Scientists have discovered a distant exoplanet that closely resembles the Earth, orbiting a star that resembles our Sun — almost, they say, as though they were looking in a mirror at our own solar ...

As the mysterious interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS plummets through our Solar System, NASA's good old Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best look yet at the interstellar visitor. On July 21 ...

"It's going to look different because it didn't come from our solar system and that's what makes it so magical." Ever since the famous "interstellar invader" comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered in our solar ...

After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned. And this time they say they're sure. Though some doubt ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first picture of a planet beyond the Solar System — opening a window to understanding other worlds and underscoring the telescope’s immense capabilities.

In an incredible breakthrough, a team of international astronomers have for the first time ever witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own. The ...