In June, researchers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile noticed that this rogue planet ...

NASA unveiled the result of the research that analyzed over 40 years worth of old satellite data to add more into the ninth ...

Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in space exploration by discovering over 6,000 planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. This milestone has not only expanded our ...

Voyager 1 has been exploring the cosmos for decades, but when it reached the edge of the solar system, it found something ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this star's system is home to ...

When it comes to science, a simple observation can upend everything you think you know, such is the case with one star ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...