In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

Pluto is a bit of a loner. The dwarf planet is no longer considered a regular planet; it does not orbit on the same plane as ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. - NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the first ...

First, let’s compare the orbital characteristics of Pluto with those of other planets. Pluto has an orbital eccentricity (the degree to which its orbit deviates from a perfect circle) of 0.25, while ...

The sun is in its most active phase—solar summer—causing auroras and posing real risks to satellites, GPS, and power systems ...

Harvard’s Avi Loeb and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson weigh in on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and the rising alien ...

SKYWATCH: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery, just inside Jupiter’s orbit, of Kohoutek, a comet synonymous ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Butler sky during evening twilight. It’s ...

A new study challenges the idea that Hycean planets are ocean worlds. Chemical reactions between hydrogen-rich atmospheres and molten interiors may reduce surface water, making these sub-Neptunes less ...

Like a Full Moon, Saturn will appear fully illuminated by the Sun's rays because of its position relative to the Sun. When ...