An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

The world's most powerful solar telescope, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, is ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be ...

Since astronomers started discovering extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," in the mid-1990s, worlds orbiting other stars have demonstrated that, compared to our somewhat mundane solar system ...

Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star known to have visited our solar system. While these ... as described, their biggest limitation is speed.

ALMA observations of carbon monoxide emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning variety of gas structures, ...

Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star known to have visited our solar system. While these interstellar ... These missions are a start, but as described, their biggest ...

A vast star-forming cloud of molecular hydrogen that is one of the largest single structures in the sky has been discovered hidden near the solar system. The crescent-shaped cloud—which its ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar ...

To celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, the City and County of Honolulu formally unveiled a massive installation of 4,554 ...