A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...

A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born. In particular, a new study of the ...

The water ice locked inside interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS condensed at temperatures below minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit, ...

Fluctuating levels of radioactive iron-60 suggest the solar system recently entered a cosmic cloud.

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying ...

A rare comet from another star system is revealing just how different alien solar systems may be from our own.

Ganymede is not only Jupiter's largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ...