Gravity has been recognized to be one of the fundamental forces of nature for a long time and is a subtle pull that keeps ...

Astronomers are stunned by a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star. This rare discovery defies existing theories and ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been remains a mystery.

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...