How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

When we gaze into the night sky, we see a tiny fraction of what lies beyond our Solar System. In the vastness of space, our Sun and its planets are but a speck of dust. There are thousands of stars ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious event that could reveal the existence of a “rogue planet” drifting through ...

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Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

Half toybox, half science project, Kerbal Space Program is the most fun you can have while learning about space. On the ...

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

NASA has discovered 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object, now passing through our solar system from the ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.