Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

NASA astrophysics Dr Alex Young has recently spoken about whether the Sun will "ever burn out". In a video uploaded by the space agency, he said: "Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night, ...

Will the Universe end in a Big Freeze, a Big Rip – or something even stranger? Take a look into the distant future with ...

But do other planets have seasonal patterns, too? Indeed, other planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system do have seasonal cycles — and they can look wildly different from the ones we ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar ...

The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, along with dwarf planets like ...

sitting in the Kuiper Belt - a region in our solar system beyond Neptune filled with icy objects, comets, and dwarf planets like Pluto. Since this hidden planet may be so far away, the new study ...

Pluto remains a fascinating and beloved part of our solar system with a slightly less glamorous title. At this moment, Pluto is still classified as a dwarf planet. Despite ongoing debate and ...

Tatooine-Like Planet Outside the Solar System May Orbit Two Failed Stars ... A light year is nearly 6 trillion miles. The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago. Scientists noticed that ...