Consolmagno, who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows, is one of fifteen scientists who ...

With summer beginning to wane and the fall semester approaching, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is moving into high gear with 26 different events during August.

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

At the far reaches of our Solar System lies Pluto, a mysterious world shrouded in shadows and icy terrain. NASA’s latest photos from this distant dwarf planet have provided us with ...

The Solar System is a vast and mysterious realm, filled with planets, moons, asteroids, and icy bodies waiting to be ...

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising ...

Astronomers witness dawn of new solar system for 1st time Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star.

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i captured a striking view of the new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on its journey toward the inner solar system.