The solar system is composed of the sun, eight major planets, five dwarf planets, over a hundred moons, and countless comets ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...

Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a 7.5-billion-year-old visitor from the early galaxy, is offering scientists a rare glimpse into ...

Planets do not emit visible light like stars; they shine in the sky because they reflect sunlight. Exoplanets too reflect ...

Blasting around the equators of the solar system's giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - are fierce jet ...

Brian Cox debunks the 'alien probe' theory for interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Learn the scientific truth about its ancient ...

Scientists have observed for the first time a ring system in the process of formation and evolution, surrounding a small icy ...

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its ...

Get ready stargazers! The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week overnight on Oct. 20-21, bringing with it a flurry of ...