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

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured what they believe are the very first moments of rocky planet formation around ...

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

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was discovered using wide-field imaging. The Subaru Telescope has spotted a distant ...

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

The future of our solar system has long captivated both scientists and stargazers alike. As highlighted in a recent Live ...

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

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.

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

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