Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...

Photoshop CC 2022 tutorial showing how to create an outer space scene of the planet, Jupiter. Jupiter texture map: <a href=" ...

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds silently loop around their stars. Some drift as far as 10,000 times the distance ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

An object that appears to be from beyond our Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which if confirmed would ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

It’s widely known as a gravitational slingshot, though most scientists refer to it as a gravitational assist, and it’s an ...

Computer simulations show that planets could be flung out of the inner solar system, supporting the possible existence of a ...