Journey back to 2015 when the Dawn spacecraft first orbited Ceres, the colossal dwarf planet in our inner solar system. Dive deep into the mysteries of this unique celestial body as we recall the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water ice in a young star amongst the solar systems debris belt.

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

The lives and deaths of stars shape the universe—from the gentle fading of white dwarfs to the explosive furnaces that forged ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each ...

At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by ...

The Sun is the cental star of the solar system. It drives the seasons on Earth, and other important factors including ocean ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

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

The International Astronomical Union, which reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, is the arbiter of such ...

Periodic radio emissions have been discovered in a binary system of white and red dwarf stars with an orbit time of 125 ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...