Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to ...

A strange 200 million-year-old object with the mass of a planet has been discovered 20 light-years from Earth, outside our solar system. The "rogue," as it's referred to by researchers, is producing ...

New James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

New study of Voyager 2 data shows Uranus experienced a solar wind event during the 1986 flyby, helping explain unusual magnetosphere readings ...

JWST finds planet with all-carbon atmosphere orbiting 'black widow' star James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week JWST spots a planet ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...

Our Solar System contains eight planets (sorry, Pluto) orbiting around the Sun. But while all planets are important members of the club, if we’re being honest, we know there’s a crown jewel of our ...

Life on the International Space Station continues with crews arriving and departing, and even some personal care items like ...