Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

Located approximately 700 light-years from Earth, this planet is famous for its extremely short orbital period and extreme ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints at more hidden bodies beyond Neptune. A research team led by Sihao Cheng a ...

This landmark discovery of the planet – named TWA 7b – which was recently published in the journal Nature, came after an ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

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

From our tiny blue planet to the edge of the observable universe, this video takes you on a breathtaking journey of scale. We ...

There’s a bit of a paradox about our galaxy: it’s both jam-packed with stars and cavernously empty. The Milky Way is crowded in the sense that it holds hundreds of billions of stars, as well as ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...