A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Recently, the field of astronomy has been quite lively, as new discoveries from Kepler data have directly overturned our previous understanding of planetary orbits!

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

We like to think that our solar system is eternal, but one day, its very epicenter will die. Our Sun, like all stars, had a ...

Why do all planets in our solar system orbit the Sun the same way? This documentary unravels the cosmic forces, from the solar system’s violent birth to the hidden laws of physics, that keep the ...

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

What can the presence of methane on a dwarf planet that orbits farther out than Pluto teach scientists about the formation ...