For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

OF201 is incredibly lightweight on a cosmic scale. Scientists estimate its mass is about 20,000 times less than Earth’s and ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of our sun. Like many small stars ...

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

For decades, our solar system was thought to have nine planets, with Pluto considered the smallest and farthest. But in 2006, ...

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

OF201, a possible dwarf planet with a 25,000-year orbit, challenging theories about Planet Nine and the solar system’s edge.

For comparison, Pluto makes a lap around ... A composite image displays the five recognized dwarf planets in the solar system, as well as the new candidate 2017 OF201. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech ...

The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the growth and development of ...

Astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and ...

EnergySage has released its 20th semiannual report, showing that residential solar panel prices hit an all-time low in 2024.