"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the ...

A young star’s disk shows unexpectedly high CO₂ and little water. The result questions standard theories of planet formation.

The cosmos has always been a source of mystery and fascination, with its vastness filled with uncharted entities and ...

In this latest data mining, scientists unexpectedly discovered two planets with extremely unusual orbits, whose trajectories differ dramatically from the known patterns of planetary orbits. In our ...

Our Solar System contains eight planets (sorry, Pluto) orbiting around the Sun. But while all planets are important members of the club, if we’re being honest, we know there’s a crown jewel of our ...

However, seismic anomalies detected on Mars by the InSight mission reveal that the mantle is far from smooth and contains ...

Despite seeming like Earth's twin, Venus is a strange and mysterious place. Scientists haven't known what made it so odd, but that might have just changed.

A NASA scientist has suggested there could be life in the seas of a planet in our Solar System - and it's not out of the question it could still exist there today ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve our search for habitable worlds.