On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

Astronomers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) in Australia and elsewhere have reinvestigated a planetary ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, offering a glimpse into our ...

Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...

A NASA spokesperson said via email that the image above, which appeared on the agency's website, was not the original, but "a ...

The changing faces of Pluto| The predominant color of Pluto's surface is thought to result from ultraviolet radiation from the distant Sun breaking down methane on the planet's surface, leaving a dark ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

Gliese 229 B, discovered in 1995, is a binary system of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other, in orbit around their parent red dwarf star.