In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

The universe's vastness challenges human comprehension. It contains trillions of galaxies and countless stars. Pluto's ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

There’s a new object in the distant reaches of our solar system, and it might just offer clues to a long-standing cosmic ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

NASA has just made a stunning discovery — a massive frozen disk measuring 37 trillion kilometers wide was found orbiting a young star called HD 181327. That’s more than 4,000 times the distance ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

The newly discovered object, named 2017 OF201, has a 25,000-year orbit and is believed to be a large contender for dwarf ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

A s the most massive planet in the Solar System, and first to form, Jupiter’s gravity shaped the formation of everything else ...