Our Solar System is home to many unique planetary bodies, including protoplanets and dwarf planets. Here are the unique ...

Family, today I want to talk to you about something super interesting. Recently, scientists discovered some objects near the ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

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 ...

Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

A white dwarf is a small, dense remnant left behind after a star dies, still emitting heat even after it has burned out. Some planets may orbit around it, close enough to remain warm, and potentially ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a ...