Strongest evidence of life yet found on planet beyond solar system, scientists say Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18 b, a planet ...

This video follows NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft as it journeys beyond the heliosphere—the boundary where the Sun’s influence ends and interstellar space begins. It explores the probe’s discoveries ...

A mysterious interstellar object has been caught on camera for the first time as it hurtles through the solar system. First spotted by NASA on July 1, scientists from around the world have now ...

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has captured the clearest ...

Explore the potential threats to our Solar System, examining how various astronomical events could lead to its destruction. This video delves into topics such as rogue asteroids, massive solar flares, ...

The newborn planetary system is emerging around Hops-315, a baby star around 1,300 light-years away. In a first, astronomers have observed the very early stages of the creation of a new solar system ...

Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...