White dwarfs—the dense, fading cores left behind after stars like our sun die—are usually calm, cool, and ancient. Over ...

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

In Sunday morning’s pre-dawn sky, you’ll see a very thin waning crescent moon right next to brilliant Venus. The moon will be ...

Planets do not emit visible light like stars; they shine in the sky because they reflect sunlight. Exoplanets too reflect starlight, and nobody does it better than LTT9779b. This world reflects 80 ...

For decades, astronomers have been awed by Saturn’s ring beauty. But a tiny, icy wanderer drifting between Saturn and Uranus ...

The simulation of the Solar System that came the closest to the observation was the presence of a small planet, between the ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...

Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is ...

For almost a decade, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in the solar system. Recently, new evidence of ...

White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun.

Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...