Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea ...

Combining with one other previously confirmed planet, one of our closest stellar neighbors now has a family of four.

Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals that planets may spiral into their stars, rather than being swallowed by expanding red ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

The event will be ten times brighter than our Moon in the night sky, but never fear, it won't happen for another 23 billion ...

The carbon monoxide, in particular, was interesting: it bore a powerful resemblance to the carbon monoxide seen in the planet ...

Astronomers have spotted two huge white dwarf stars which they say are destined to explode together in a supernova - 22 ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals a planet's death plunge into its star, challenging previous theories and shedding light on how giant planets may spiral inward and perish.