Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

For the first time in history, we now have real, high-resolution images of Neptune that go beyond artist impressions and ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Night - Cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 10 mph (11.3 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 63 °F (17.2 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 83 °F (28.3 °C) and ...

This Webb image also shows 9 of the planet’s 27 moons – clockwise starting at 2 o’clock, they are: Rosalind, Puck, Belinda, Desdemona, Cressida, Bianca, Portia, Juliet, and Perdita. Credit: NASA, ESA, ...

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 for a failed Venus mission, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this weekend. The half-ton, titanium-clad spacecraft is likely to survive ...

In a groundbreaking step for exoplanet science, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has given us an unprecedented look at the atmosphere of TOI-421 b, a sub-Neptune exoplanet about 245 light ...