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

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

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

Astronomers have identified a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, located far beyond Pluto. Its enormous size, comparable ...

Polaris has long guided travelers with its fixed spot in the night sky Earth's axis points to Polaris, making it a vital ...

Jumping back in time, Thuban was positioned as a North Star some 4,700 years ago, as early civilizations thrived in ...

As spring advances, the night sky undergoes a quiet transformation. The familiar winter constellations fade toward the west, ...

That star, named Polaris, is the brightest in the constellation of Ursa Minor, "The Little Bear".

Because the planet turns, stars drift across the field of view ... is required to locate the north celestial pole (NCP - Constellations: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor) for northern hemisphere users, and ...

In contemporary North America it’s the Big Dipper, with its companion Ursa Minor denoted as the Little ... so it always lies to the north in the sky as our planet rotates under it.

The entire planet Earth is encircled by the sky ... They are Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Drago. They circle around Polaris, the pole star, all night. The farther north you ...

But even if it doesn't spot Planet 9 directly, the Rubin Observatory might find some more minor planets, ones whose orbits might be affected by Planet 9. And that could provide additional evidence ...