An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

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This video explores how long it really takes to reach the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto by tracing past missions, their routes, and the engineering trade-offs between speed, fuel, ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

It’s been nearly 2 centuries since a planet was discovered in the solar system. But now scientists think they’ve uncovered evidence of a newcomer that just might usurp that honor from Neptune.

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Travel the universe from your seat with our picks from the annual ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

Mathematicians calculated where the planet might be based on its effects on Uranus, and astronomers searched for less than an ...