Pluto was once known as the ninth planet but was reclassified after scientists set clear criteria for planets. The key factor was Pluto’s inability to clear its orbital path, leading to its current ...

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For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Scientists studying data from the VLT's ERIS instrument have spotted a mysterious object in the vicinity of star V960 Mon they can't explain ...

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...

A team of astronomers confirms the existence of a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a 35-liter red dwarf.

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per second, according to a new study involving NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...