Beginning as small, icy bodies on the outskirts of the solar system, comets turn into spectacular streaks of light when they pass through a "gateway" near Jupiter, according to new research. This ...

Centaur Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 has a chance to get funneled into the inner solar system in the not-so-distant future. This artist’s concept shows what the comet would look like if it were 0.2 AU (19 ...

Astronomers have discovered an orbital region just beyond Jupiter that appears to act as a kind of gateway for some objects entering the inner solar system from the Kuiper Belt. The discovery may ...

A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of the solar system and are funneled to the inner solar ...

Florida-based company Redwire Corporation has announced it has completed the first deployment test of its roll-out solar arrays (ROSA). If it reaches lunar orbit, these could eventually be used on ...