Researchers found the south polar region darkened in winter shadow, while the north polar region brightened as summer came.

China's Tianwen-2 mission, launched on May 28, 2025, aims to collect samples from the quasi-satellite asteroid 469219 ...

Unlike in recent tests, SpaceX’s ninth Starship survived launch, but a fuel tank leak meant it lost control before it could ...

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

A celestial object some 15,000 light-years away is emitting bright flashes of radio and X-rays that scientists are struggling ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible ...

Discovery of a possible dwarf planet suggests our cosmic backyard holds many more secrets to uncover It is an evocative idea ...