The Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current structure of the outer solar system.

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond ...

On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

In the US, Saturn will rise above the eastern horizon under the constellation Pisces just before midnight. The waning gibbous Moon will be shining about three degrees to its upper right. To give you ...

NASA has uncovered a new ‘Super Earth’ planet just 154-lightyears away that has been flashing a mysterious signal. The planet appears to be almost twice as wide as our planet, and ...

The moon, Saturn and Neptune will rise a little before midnight for those in the U.S. Heads up stargazers! The moon will rise ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

A waning gibbous moon, by now rising late at night, will appear first, followed by the steady, golden glow of Saturn. They’ll ...

Whether you observe in the morning or evening, the solar system has something for you today as two worlds reach their ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

The coming week will see the gas giant Saturn return to the Northern Hemisphere's late night sky, after spending the last few ...