Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the ... close to the sun to be readily visible with Venus not far behind, leaving Jupiter, Mars and Uranus to populate ...

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

NASA has just made a groundbreaking discovery—a new planet beyond Neptune that wasn’t there before! This mysterious find could change how we understand our solar system and the universe itself. Is ...

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...