In new research, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how more than 200 known exoplanets are likely much ...

Saturn will rise above the eastern horizon beneath the stars of the constellation Pisces shortly before midnight for viewers ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

For many of us, the idea of a solar system with just eight planets is a fundamental concept in science. However, since Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Neptune has stood as the last ...

I/Atlas was first spotted on July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (Atlas) survey telescope in Río ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

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 .