The number is monitored by NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), based at Caltech’s IPAC in Pasadena, California. There are more than 8,000 additional candidate planets awaiting confirmation, ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

The solar system holds extraordinary wonders, from Voyager 1’s historic journey into interstellar space after traveling ...

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

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...

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

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

Discover Our Solar System Through Detailed 3D Models Forget dusty textbooks and flat diagrams. We’re talking about ...

Today, let's talk about an incredibly mysterious celestial body in the solar system — Sedna. Did you know that it takes Sedna about 11,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun? It leisurely ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

While Mars today only has a wispy remnant of an atmosphere, it may once have had one hundreds of times thicker with a ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...