Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

Monroeville Public Library is holding a three-part children’s series on space, where participants learn fun facts about the ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet ... could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system.

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

A new study is offering a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, with the lead researcher from British ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...