Since NASA's Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit in July 2016 and began transmitting image data, the world has gotten ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see ...

As for the current state of research, some scientists doubt that Planet Nine is a planet at all: it could be a primordial black hole, and the authors invite other researchers to find out the truth ...

The Subaru Telescope has discovered new objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt, suggesting a more complex structure at the edge ...

The smooth, planet-less disk of the Vega star system challenges planetary formation theories, suggesting alternative cosmic ...

The rocks indicate an ancient, iron-rich environment, but the rover wasn't able study details of the rock's composition.

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Our solar system used to have nine planets ... it took us almost a decade to figure this out. Better late than never, I suppose,” Batygin said. Planet Nine, according to Batygin, is a ...