New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.
Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.
Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...
Wausau Pilot & Review Clear skies may be a challenge in central Wisconsin this week, but if the weather cooperates even ...
Titan's shadow will fall on Saturn in the early hours of Sept. 20, one day before the world shines at opposition in Earth's ...
An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at ...
Scientists believe they have discovered evidence of a hidden planet existing beyond Neptune, which they have named 'Planet Y'. Recently, a study analyzing the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects indicated ...
The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...
At G3 the storm is considered "strong", but it is also strengthened by something known as the "Russell-McPherron Effect".
With new telescopes coming online and fresh discoveries arriving almost weekly, the search is only accelerating. Each new world we find is more than a point of light somewhere in the great darkness.
Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...
Mediterranean Sea Posidonia oceanica seagrass is washing up on beaches in the form of balls—dubbed ‘Neptune balls’—full of ...