For years, astronomers have debated whether a massive, unseen planet is hiding far beyond Neptune. Strange orbital patterns in distant icy objects suggest that something powerful may be shaping the ...

Far beyond Neptune lies a vast and unsettling frontier filled with dwarf planets, ancient ice worlds, collapsing atmospheres, ...

Auroras are not just on Earth. NASA has detected glowing northern and southern lights on Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and other ...

Astronomers have spent the past decade cataloguing thousands of planets beyond the solar system, many of them falling into a ...

Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar system's formation and early evolution.

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Neptune's transition from Pisces to Aries on January 26, 2026, marks a significant cosmic shift, ending a 14-year period of ...

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

Scientists suggest superionic “hot black ice” deep inside Neptune may explain its tilted, offset and chaotic magnetic field, ...

Clyde Tombaugh, who was born on this day in 1906, grew up on a farm in Kansas and was captivated by sights of the moon and ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

In the 1990s, astronomers confirmed the first planets orbiting stars beyond our sun. Since then, the tally has risen steadily, and last year it crossed a striking milestone: more than 6,000 known ...