Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

Using the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have ...

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The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...

Scientists have found evidence for a cosmic collision in the Perseus cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies not far from ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that ...

Eos, a newly discovered hydrogen cloud just 300 light-years from Earth, offers a rare look at hidden star-forming regions.

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...