Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a ...

For decades, Pluto was our solar system's ninth planet. This video explains the scientific journey that led to its controversial reclassification in 2006. We break down the International Astronomical ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

In 2004, a bright point of light in the debris disk surrounding Fomalhaut was thought to be an exoplanet. But the spot ...

However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan’s Subaru Telescope, which sits atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.