One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

Researchers at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) made the discovery about galaxies by studying the gas distribution that helps create stars.

The first conclusive discovery of crystalline frozen water in a far-off young star system has been made by researchers using ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is discovering a treasure trove of diverse ancient rocks on Jezero Crater’s rim, some possibly ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

This week, an old astronomical controversy is renewed as researchers present new evidence for a hidden "Planet X" in our ...

A team from the University of Arizona has made a startling new discovery about the formation of Pluto and its moon. Published ...

Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead ...

Astronomers claim to have discovered a new ninth planet in our Solar System. Planet Nine, also known as Planet X, is a hypothetical celestial object that would distantly orbit our Sun – but ...