NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

This rare phenomenon, nicknamed the "Parade of Planets," offers a unique opportunity for viewers to observe multiple planets in the night sky. What to Expect Shortly after sunset through mid-February, ...

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help. According to NASA, these multi-planet views aren't "super rare," but they don't ...

Charon is the largest of the five known moons, or natural satellites, of the dwarf planet ... of Pluto), Charon is the 12th-largest natural satellite in the solar system. It is calculated to be ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, astronomers have discovered icy exocomet belts circling 74 different alien planetary systems.

Let’s talk about destruction and creation, burning towers, rock bottom, regeneration and using ashes as clay. Pluto, our planet of profound change and ultimate reckoning, has set up shop in Aquarius, ...

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — If you needed a sign from the cosmos, the planets are in fact aligning for you this evening. ValleyCentral spoke to Christian Hernandez, Program Specialist at ...