The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar system, announced the discovery on May 21. At roughly 435 miles wide, 2017 ...

A team of astronomers observed a confused exoplanet orbiting its two parent stars in a highly unusual way. As New Scientist ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals icy debris ring around young star, offering clues to early planetary formation.

Scientists have discovered a mysterious new object far beyond Neptune, and it could be one of the most distant dwarf planets ...

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

Scientists had previously believed that no celestial bodies existed in the vast, empty section of space beyond Neptune.

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

Artist's impression of the nu Octantis system. Image generated by ChatGPT-4.0 and further modified by Trifon TRIFONOV using the GNU Image Manipulation ...

Astronomers have identified a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, located far beyond Pluto. Its enormous size, comparable to dwarf planets, and hi ...

The universe is unimaginably vast, with over 2 trillion galaxies and still expanding, far beyond human exploration.

Astronomers may be close to identifying a mysterious object in our solar system. New research points to a potential candidate ...