Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

The outer solar system begins where sunlight fades and distances stretch beyond everyday comprehension. This journey traces ...

What can rocky planets orbiting in the outer parts of a solar system teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study | Space ...

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...

Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

On Episode 198 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Principal Investigator Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle ...

A bold proposal would send a spacecraft plunging close to the sun to slingshot after interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, an ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

Once considered a dystopian fantasy, space-based solar could soon transform the renewable energy sector.View on euronews ...

The first major astronomical event visible in 2026 is a total lunar eclipse, or “blood moon.” This phenomenon is highly prized by stargazers because the entire lunar disk takes on a reddish color for ...