The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

Inside the Dwarf 3, you'll find a Sony IMX678 Starvis 2 sensor, which specializes in low-light imagery, though its daytime ...

Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

Two new studies used gravity data to pull back the curtain on the deep interiors of the Moon and one of the solar system’s largest asteroids.

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

Cheng, together with graduate students from Princeton University, discovered the potential dwarf planet while searching for ...

It looks like an alien world, or a floating snow globe suspended in space. But this perfect sphere, hiding in our Milky Way ...

While the Milky Way is technically visible year-round, certain times offer better viewing opportunities — especially for ...

Russia has revealed the RITM-400 nuclear reactor—its most advanced yet—destined to power the next generation of nuclear ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.