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

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

Joining the lawsuit under pseudonyms, the women argued that Trump’s order deprives their future children of their constitutional ... United States immigration system, the lawsuit said.

A local entrepreneur in Tanzania is clearing two hurdles in one leap by transforming old cement bags into backpacks that include a small solar panel ... and helping rural children study after ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

This alignment will give people an opportunity to see multiple planets at once, but the difference will not necessarily be visible to the naked eye. Cunnama says this is an interesting event ...

Couldn’t we all do with a little stress reduction? Especially since all seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment.

It is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet. In comparison, the fastest wind ever measured in the Solar System was found on Neptune, moving at 'only' 0.5 km per ...