And although it has the highest radius of all the stars, it is not actually the most massive, as UY Scuti is about 30 times the weight of our sun, a stark reminder that you can't judge a star entirely ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an ...

In recent years, the detection of rogue objects exiting our solar system has captivated the scientific community and the ...

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Astronomers have discovered a large trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, at the edge of the solar system. Its strange orbit challenges the Planet Nine theory and shows the space beyond Neptune is not ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

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A study published in April describes the most accurate measurement yet made of the center of the Solar System.