In a groundbreaking achievement, astronomers have captured a direct image of GJ504b, a distant exoplanet often referred to as the “second Jupiter.” This exciting discovery was made possible through ...

Saturday is here. We’re warming up again, and there’s a chance of rain in the afternoon. Today, I’m talking about juneberry ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

These computer-generated maps of Pluto at different longitudes were made from the current best images of the planet, taken in 2002-2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its status as the ninth planet in our Solar System.

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

Pluto is covered with surprising dunes made of methane ice, which have formed relatively recently despite the frigid dwarf planet's very thin atmosphere, international researchers said Thursday.

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...

On July 7, Uranus will glide into Gemini for the first time in approximately 84 years, redefining the way we communicate and ...

Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF201, a dwarf planet candidate in an extremely wide orbit, potentially challenging the existence of the hypothesized Planet X.