The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar system, announced the discovery on May 21. At roughly 435 miles wide, 2017 ...

Scientists suggest a star and its planet are orbiting a second star in two opposite directions in an exotic binary star ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet.

A groundbreaking discovery confirmed by NASA surrounding a young star offers new insights into planet formation and the role ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious new object far beyond Neptune, and it could be one of the most distant dwarf planets ...

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

Scientists had previously believed that no celestial bodies existed in the vast, empty section of space beyond Neptune.

Astronomers have identified a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, located far beyond Pluto. Its enormous size, comparable to dwarf planets, and hi ...

For decades, our solar system was thought to have nine planets, with Pluto considered the smallest and farthest. But in 2006, ...

In a thrilling development that challenges long-held assumptions about the outer reaches of our solar system, astronomers ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City on October 5, 1958. His parents were Cyril and Sunchita Tyson. Cyril was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for a New ...