Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

Artist's impression of the nu Octantis system. Image generated by ChatGPT-4.0 and further modified by Trifon TRIFONOV using the GNU Image Manipulation ...

Pluto has become a beloved object in our solar system ever since the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it from a planet to a dwarf planet back in 2006 – a decision which has ...

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

Claims for the detection of life on other planets go back decades. Here's why you should still be skeptical despite recent ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting backward ...

Dr. Trifon Trifonov, head of the Bulgarian exoplanet research group within the “EXO-RESTART” project at Sofia University’s ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

NASA astrophysics Dr Alex Young has recently spoken about whether the Sun will "ever burn out". In a video uploaded by the space agency, he said: "Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night, ...

Recent observations by JWST of TRAPPIST-1 c ruled out a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, indicating that the planet is not as ...

From gravel-size meteoroids to mountain-size asteroids and even visitors from other star systems, space is packed with ...