Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

For the past 18 months, we have hardly mentioned our trips to the Holy Land and Jordan, but as negotiations take place, the ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes rush to track its course ...

With some creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope, Canadian researchers are now able to study two young planets as ...