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

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

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The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are ...

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Urban legend has told us exactly what aliens look like — little humanoid figures with large oval eyes, a tiny mouth and nose ...

University of Bristol astrophysicists are helping shed new light on an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away where liquid ...

A new educational attraction in Swartz Creek is offering families a chance to explore the solar system without leaving the ...

Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, ...

As humanity gazes toward exoplanets and deep space, an uninvited visitor from the depths of interstellar space has arrived.