Not all planets are lucky enough to orbit a star. Some are cast adrift into the cold, dark depths of space completely alone. These mysterious objects are known as rogue planets, and they challenge ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward ...

Odds of ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Moon increase - It would be one of largest asteroids in recent history to ...

Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon ...

Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where ...

The breakthrough came using a cutting-edge observational method that detects unseen planets via subtle deviations in their ...

The way comets behave in space may seem random, but new research suggests there’s more order behind the chaos than once ...

SpaceX launched another 26 of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Sunday amid foggy conditions at Vandenberg Space ...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

Kepler-725c is roughly 2,472 light years from Earth, circling a G9V star in about 207.5 days. Its path brings it into a ...

Planets can change their orbit. So the search for “Planet Nine ... Growing up, it was this weird, mysterious thing at the edge of the solar system. Who would not think it's kind of weird ...