Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get ...

In a groundbreaking discoverypublished in The Planetary Science Journal, a team of astronomers led by the Center for ...

According to the team's measurements, the comet's nucleus is around a whopping 128 kilometers (80 miles) across, making it bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and far larger than its closest ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .

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

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s ...

Astronomers used a telescope in Hawaii to find a new object on the outer edges of our solar system, helping to fuel evidence of a long-standing theory about Planet Nine, or Planet X.

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

(Web Desk) - NASA has discovered a mysterious 'super-Earth' planet that appears to flash a repeated signal from 154 ...

Wolves, strawberries and sturgeon may not seem connected at first glance, but each one represents a specific full moon tied ...