These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Rudy Frederick has been keeping an eye on the heavens for years, fascinated by what’s beyond the limits of Earth’s atmosphere ...

Have you ever wondered if there is life on another planet? Exoplanets may hold the key to this question.

The two demo satellites that Google and Planet are developing for Project Suncatcher are versions of Planet’s new Owl line of imaging satellites. Credit: Planet WASHINGTON — Planet, a company best ...

NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the ...

For many, space travel is unrealistic – spaceships are expensive, and interplanetary exploration doesn’t fit in with a 9-to-5 schedule. But soon, Durangoans dreaming of voyaging through the solar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...