They said: ‘The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant because it’s found in a region of the Solar System thought to be empty ...

Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its ...

A telescope similar to James Webb was launched in the orbit by NASA in 2025 to look for phenomena that the most powerful tool ...

Read Two views of the planet Uranus appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is a ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

Ever wonder how NASA captures stunning images from deep space probes? Interplanetary scientist John Spencer takes us behind ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

New science indicates that Mars' core formed rapidly. The evidence puts it at just a few million years after the solar system ...

The aurora can't be seen during daylight hours, but space weather models are predicting it could be visible in some areas ...

The team used the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Observatory to capture fine details of the solar corona. This is the ...