A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

This captivating video explores Sedna, one of the most distant and mysterious dwarf planets in our solar system. Discovered in 2003, Sedna orbits the Sun once every 11,400 years, traveling through icy ...

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe), states ...

Full Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHNO079G1i8 Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System Exploring Space Lecture webcast live on Tuesday ...

Astronomers have discovered new evidence that suggests the possibility of an unknown planet in our solar system's farthest ...

New research suggests that planets outside our solar system contain far less surface water than scientists once believed.

Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

A recent study introduces a potential new candidate, dubbed Planet Y, inferred from the tilted orbits of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt.