Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new super-Earth with an ‘eccentric’ orbit that swings it in-and-out of its star’s habitable zone ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

The Blue Ghost lunar mission has captured a gorgeous image of Earth as it ramps up its journey toward the moon.

It actually follows its own tiny elliptical orbit around what is called the center of gravity (the barycenter) of the system, the sun and the orbiting planets. This barycenter is usually not equal ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

While claims of a “rare alignment” are overblown, you can still see up to six planets in the night sky this weekend. Here's ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...