Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our understanding of this mysterious celestial object. Computer simulations suggest ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, holds some of the solar system’s most intriguing mysteries. Among its 28 known moons ...

On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

Today: The two meteor showers centered in the constellation Taurus peak this week and next. That means there will be ...

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 giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...

Within GRAVITY’s combined observations, Xuan’s team discovered that Gliese 229 B was not a single object, but a pair of brown ...

Such is the case with this discovery: a very young planet orbiting very close to its star. Around a star only 2 million years old, astrophysicists were able to detect the presence of a newly formed ...

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allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different ... NASA's Hubble Watches Jupiter's Great Red Spot Behave Like a Stress Ball Oct. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have ...