The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ...

Scientists hunting for the hypothetical Planet Nine have discovered a potential new dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, in the outer ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning imagery of barred spiral galaxy UGC 678. The galaxy is located about 260 million ...

MISTRAL is a new-generation receiver for observations at millimeter wavelengths, built as part of the recent project to upgrade the Sardinia Radio Telescope for the study of the high-frequency radio ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

Researchers found the south polar region darkened in winter shadow, while the north polar region brightened as summer came.

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

A galactic pileup 94 million light-years away is giving astronomers a detailed look at how cosmic collisions shape the universe.

The latest mission out of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will examine not one, but two space bodies. After ...

The CZ-3B/E Y110 flew on an eastbound path and launched Tianwen-2 on an Earth escape trajectory. Tianwen-2 will orbit ...

Astronomers have announced a "startling" discovery - a mysterious space object that emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays for two minutes every 44 minutes.