There's a class of objects journeying around our solar system dubbed "centaurs." They don't come near Earth, but NASA just ...

When the vote passed, Pluto was no longer considered a planet and instead became the most famous dwarf planet in the solar ...

Barnard's star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about 6 ...

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope have confirmed the existence of at least one ...

Once considered the ninth and last planet of the Solar System, Pluto was demoted to a 'dwarf planet' status in 2006, when ...

Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...

Watching for changes in the Mars’ orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. Dark matter, potentially ...

If it does survive the trek into interstellar space, it won't be the first to get there. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both ...

Barnard's star, a red dwarf located about 6 light years away, is the closest single star to our solar system. Scientists have confirmed a rocky planet, Barnard b, orbiting this star, along with hints ...

With less electricity available, NASA has decided to shut down one experiment on Voyager 2, the plasma science instrument.

Meandering between Mars and Jupiter, an asteroid named Psyche holds an estimated worth of a staggering $10,000 quadrillion.

Daniel Lawler Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected carbon dioxide on the frozen surface of Pluto’s biggest moon, Charon, for the ...