Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its ...

Located approximately 700 light-years from Earth, this planet is famous for its extremely short orbital period and extreme ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints at more hidden bodies beyond Neptune. A research team led by Sihao Cheng a ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

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 ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

Dwarf planet Makemake may not be as inactive as astronomers believed, as per recent readings by JWST Researchers have detected something very unique in Makemake, a dwarf planet beyond Neptune in the ...

From our tiny blue planet to the edge of the observable universe, this video takes you on a breathtaking journey of scale. We ...

Astronomers have found over 5,000 exoplanets, and now scientists think these distant worlds could unlock one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter. A new study suggests that Jupiter-like ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

There’s a bit of a paradox about our galaxy: it’s both jam-packed with stars and cavernously empty. The Milky Way is crowded in the sense that it holds hundreds of billions of stars, as well as ...