A star is heading toward the outskirts of our solar system, and it’s getting here sooner than expected.Gliese 710, a rogue ...

Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF21, a distant dwarf planet candidate located about 90 times farther from the Sun than Earth, making it more than twice as far as Pluto. With a highly elongated orbit ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

Today, let's talk about an incredibly mysterious celestial body in the solar system — Sedna. Did you know that it takes Sedna about 11,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun? It leisurely ...

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Firstly, if all eight planets transformed into stars the size of the Sun, their gravitational pull would significantly increase. This means they would exert a stronger gravitational influence on ...

Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object to reach one light-day from Earth on November 15, 2026—nearly 50 years ...

Vatican Observatory’s VATT aids global astronomy, as U.S. researchers use it to study comet 2000 OG44, proving its vital role ...

Not all Vatican Observatory research is done by Vatican astronomers. This is illustrated by the paper, “A Dormant Captured ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...

Named 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, and it's the largest and ...