Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

A new member of the solar system has been detected, the second-largest of its kind, suggesting there may be more like it ...

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...