Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system that challenges long-held assumptions about where planets can ...

A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

A distant, icy world has just been added to our solar system’s official roster, and its strange orbit might challenge one of ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant, as it challenges the hypothesis of Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet thought to exist in the outer Solar System.

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...