Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

Family, today I want to talk to you about something super interesting. Recently, scientists discovered some objects near the ...

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

Initially, it was classified as a comet, but the object's behavior and composition did not match any known comet models. What sets ‘Oumuamua apart is its high reflectivity, unusual elongated or ...

Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...

Two of Pluto's midsize moons may be made of the guts of its largest moon, Charon, new research suggests. New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show that the two moons, Nix and ...

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life ...

LA-based sonic acrobat Gelli Haha takes a running leap into her arthouse theatrics with frisky energy to spare. Her newly released debut album Switcheroo blooms with contrasts: playful, profound, and ...

This week in Skywatch, I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...