In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...

The universe is vast, and even within a mere 50 light-years of Earth lies a stunning variety of stars that defy imagination. This relatively small region of our cosmic neighborhood hosts over 1,400 ...

An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

The Sun is at the heart of our Solar System, providing the energy that sustains life on Earth. But have you ever wondered what will happen when it reaches the end of its life? In this video, we delve ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...

The recent heatwave that blanketed the Midwest and much of the East Coast pushed America’s electricity supply to its limit.

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

The answers to those questions depend on how we define the death of the solar system.

In a cosmic breakthrough, scientists using the James Webb and ALMA telescopes have caught a rare glimpse of a planetary ...

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

Scientists observed the earliest signs of a new solar system forming around HOPS-315, revealing how planets emerge from dust ...