Astronomers have identified a rare sednoid called Ammonite, an icy object beyond Neptune that offers new insight into the ...

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Nasa is one step closer to taking astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The space agency moved ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

Brian believes we are at the start of a new age of space travel, where space flight is on the verge of becoming routine. In ...

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor ...

Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a ...

Stargazers are about to have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

Discover the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise. Learn why this 'rebel' planet spins backwards, how a ...

Dust disks around stars where exoplanets form have been imaged for years. However, they become darker and elude research – ...

Our neighbor Mars would hold a significant influence over Earth's climate. New research indicates that its gravity durably ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.