A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as ...

J anuary 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf ...

Billions of years ago, in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, two icy worlds collided. Rather than destroying each ...

In a jaw-dropping find, astronomers have spotted a “newborn” exoplanet that could seriously boost what we know about how ...

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky.

Astronomers are searching for a potential ninth planet, known as Planet Nine, which could reshape our understanding of ...

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Stars are born in stellar nurseries, molecular clouds of cold gas and dust. These clouds contain many times the mass of a ...

Material that doesn't become a planet may be flung outward ... The coolest, dimmest red dwarf stars are barely twenty percent the mass of the Sun, and less than one percent as bright.

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has called for a stronger batting display from the heavyweights atop the order to ease the pressure on the team when they take on Australia in the fourth test ...