While the festival of Chaitra Navratri is being celebrated in this month, many planets will also change their movement. Let us tell you, that Saturn, the god of justice, is going to rise in April ...

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

The object, named 2017 OF201, is a minor planet — one of the largest found in nearly a decade. At an estimated 700 kilometers wide, it’s likely large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet. Its ...

Oct. 6—Dan Fleisch, professor emeritus of physics at Wittenberg University, has spent decades looking into the sky, but now he has something out there named after him. A minor planet, also known ...

The minor planet Chiron has become a fixture in modern-day astrology. Often known as astrology’s “wounded healer,” Chiron represents our deepest wounds and our ability to turn that pain into ...

How dust movement is helping us understand magnetic fields and planet formation - study Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young ...

Scientists may have found evidence of a ninth planet hiding out beyond Pluto, but is it actually Planet Nine?

The Minor Planet Center, which tracks the positions of minor planets, comets and space rocks, also received recent reports of observations of the asteroid 2023 BU.

The newly discovered moons give Jupiter a total of 92 moons, now more than Saturn and the most of any planet in our solar system.

Astronomers have discovered a new small planet far from Pluto, expanding our understanding of the solar system's far reaches. Nicknamed 2017 OF201, this trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is one of the ...

The Minor Planet Center, which tracks the positions of minor planets, comets and space rocks, also received recent reports of observations of the asteroid 2023 BU.

What's a Planet and Why Is Pluto Not in the Planet Club Anymore? by Andrew Fraknoi Although Seeing in the Dark doesn't directly discuss Pluto, it does celebrate the joy of observing planets.