Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to searching for those in their stars' habitable ...

The discovery challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis, which suggests a massive, unseen planet is influencing the orbits of distant TNOs. While most extreme TNOs show a clustered pattern that supports ...

OF201 spends only 1% of its orbital time close enough to us to be detectable. The presence of this single object suggests ...

Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

OF201 is incredibly lightweight on a cosmic scale. Scientists estimate its mass is about 20,000 times less than Earth’s and ...

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have ...

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focussed on planets in ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

Scientists have discovered a colossal object approximately 435 miles wide in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, ...