Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

Most of the time, astronomers use high-tech telescopes and expensive equipment to make observations. This time, they just had ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in roughly the same flat plane? This fascinating ...

Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

The curious minds at What If investigate the cosmic chaos caused by swapping the orbits of certain planets in our solar system. Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and ...

An exoplanet—also called an extrasolar planet—is a planet outside a solar system that orbits another star ... providing a 25-year record of accurate star positions and motions. It revealed that the ...