Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and exciting." ...

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been ...

The planetarium, located at 100 Center Ave., is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all ... In 1983, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite surveyed the universe for a year. In 2006, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched ...

Stunning stellar explosions occur every second across the cosmos – some observable, most too distant to ever know, all of ...