The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, ...

When most people think of our Solar System, they think of the 8 planets officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). But what if I told you there are at least 40 planets, and ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...

The flares may heat up and inflate the planet's atmosphere, which is dominated by hydrogen and helium. Being lashed by these ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .

It's officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth.

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Artist's concept of the star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b. A second planet, HIP ...