A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

So far, searches for the hypothetical Planet Nine have yielded no such world. There are many possible reasons for this, one ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more ...

Astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have discovered a new planet in the constellation of the Great ...

This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...

Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did ...

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the ...

Now, however, Pluto and that part of the solar system has moved away from the backdrop of the Milky Way into a sparser region of the night sky. With its Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), Subaru has discovered ...

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

ISRO Venus Orbiter Mission, a Rs 1,236cr project, will explore Venus's environment & understand its transformation from a ...

Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.