Scientists have found 20 large asteroids near Venus with erratic orbits that could one day collide with Earth, posing a ...

Black holes are astronomical objects invisible to the human eye. They have a gravitational pull so strong that they swallow everything, including light. A supermassive black hole is the biggest of all ...

As astronomers study an exoplanet called K2-18b, conflicting research reveals how difficult it is to find evidence of life ...

The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic pairing that defies existing theories of planetary formation.

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

Astronomers spotted water around a young, sun-like star for the first time ever, and it could help us understand solar system formation.

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

Many of the best Doctor Who serials were filmed in unglamorous quarries, and Mines of Terror honours this subterranean ...

When you think of a planet, you probably think of one of the planets in our own solar system, like Earth, Jupiter, or Mars. Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been like those in our solar ...