Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have unveiled the existence of a “cosmic highway”—a pathway of interstellar ...
NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.
In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...
Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...
When looking at our solar system, the planets going around the sun seem to be set up in a pretty organized fashion. They are all orbiting in the same direction, and exist on a roughly flat planetary ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...
Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...