Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.

Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics ...

SWRI experiments could explain puzzling levels of equatorial hydrogen peroxide on Saturn's moon Europa detected by the JWST.

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Astronomers have discovered "Ammonite," a mysterious object on the solar system’s edge whose unusual orbit challenges current ...

A NEW Earth-sized planet has been discovered in a faraway constellation – and it would kill any astronaut who dare travel ...

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen ...

Test your knowledge of U.S. astronomers and their groundbreaking discoveries. Challenge yourself with this fun US astronomers ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

Season 6, episode 5—the perfectly titled "Why We Fight"—brings an unlikely alliance that could change the fate of the galaxy.

These elusive objects may hold secrets to how the Solar System formed, and even hint at the presence of a mysterious Planet Nine lurking in the shadows. Now, the Subaru Telescope has spotted a new one ...