The system, named UPM J1040−3551 AabBab, is located about 82 light-years from Earth. The two pairs—the brown dwarfs and the ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets in our solar system, though there are ...

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life ...

But in reality, it may be the beginning of a new phase of life for all the objects living in the solar system. When stars like the Sun die, they go through a phase of rapid expansion called the Red ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in ...

Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...

Astronomers sometimes find conflicting data when trying to answer a question. This is a normal part of the scientific process ...

What can young planets teach astronomers about the formation and evolution of planets throughout the cosmos? This is what two ...

If Jupiter drifted near a red dwarf, its gases would be stripped into space, forming a fiery ring. Eventually, the star would rip the planet apart entirely, leaving nothing behind.

Dwarf planet Ceres now appears less like a dead rock and more like a world that may have briefly brimmed with potential for ...

Chondrules are tiny, round droplets of once-molten rock found in many meteorites. They formed when silicate liquids cooled ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...