Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stopped classifying Pluto as our solar system’s ninth planet and demoted its ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new dwarf planet. It's called 2017 OF201, a rock that appears to be some 700 ...

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet.

Scientists believe such an extreme orbit means the object was pushed and pulled by the gravity of giant planets like Jupiter ...