New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF21, a distant dwarf planet candidate located about 90 times farther from the Sun than ...

Oct. 8, about one day after the full Moon on Oct. 7. We’ll see a large tidal range from Oct. 8 through 10. The Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to ...

NASA has launched a groundbreaking mission to study the heliosphere, the massive protective bubble surrounding our solar ...

This article will delve into the formation and significance of the heliosphere, the role of the IMAP mission, and its implications for understanding space weather and interstellar interactions. The ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

The planet of drive and desire is forming a tense square with our luminary of death and transformation this week.

With one two-way spot still up for grabs and Darius Garland sidelined, Killian Hayes joins four other hopefuls at Cavs camp ...

By studying the chemical composition of an odd, dying star, astronomers discovered that it had been feasting on what used to ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...