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 ...

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 ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...

Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...

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

Astronomers have been trying to find a new planet beyond the orbit of Neptune for several decades, but all to no avail. Its nickname is Planet Nine; supposing this planet exists, it could help explain ...

You’d need 1.3 million Earths to fill up the volume of the Sun. Our Sun is so big it makes up over 99% of the mass of our ...

Lux Aeterna has revealed the work that went into the VFX for BBC2 series Solar System.

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

In this choose-your-own-adventure game, it's up to you to protect the planet. From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, find out ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...