So, while browsing an astronomy forum today, I suddenly came across some news that completely baffled me — the third ...

The Voyager spacecraft, on a decades-long journey of exploration, have made an unusual discovery at the edge of our solar system. They’ve detected a layer of hot plasma at the solar system’s boundary, ...

However, scientists generally believe that it is more likely an ordinary cosmic object, with its long wandering journey ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe.

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints ...

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

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

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

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

If the explosion of a PBH were observed, scientists “would also get a definitive record of every particle that makes up ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Understanding the Universe" is a new ABC 7 Eyewitness News streaming show series. Adler Planetarium Astrophysicist Michael Zevin stopped by the studio to help us better understand ...