Move over, Mars. We could be one step closer to becoming a multi-planetary species. Scientists have discovered another planet that has the potential to support human life, per a study outlined in ...

All of your questions are answered by the new Star Wars Galactic Map.The map divvies up the Star Wars galaxy into important ...

How many planets occupy the galaxy far, far away where the dark and light sides of the Force have been striving against each ...

Big Number. 4,100. That’s how many kilometers Quaoar’s rings are from the dwarf planet’s core. That puts its rings at a distance of roughly 7.4 of the dwarf planet’s radii from its core ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

We have discovered two interstellar objects so far, ’Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. ’Oumuamua had no dust tail and a significant nongravitational acceleration, which led to a wide variety of ...

“Each one of these planets is truly precious.” Howard noted that because exoplanets like TRAPPIST-1’s seven worlds are so far away, astrophysicists can only observe them as they pass in front of their ...

“This pioneering interstellar navigation demonstration and its accompanying publication show that a deep-space mission can use its onboard imaging system to find its way among the stars,” added Alan ...

So far, researchers have analyzed thousands of images from multiple sky surveys along Planet Nine's proposed orbital pathway, looking for objects that move over time, Brown said.

If Planet 9 is on the smaller side, dark, and really far away, he explains, "it's going to be on the edge of Vera Rubin detection, and Vera Rubin may not find it." ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...