A team of astronomers poring through old astronomical data may have seen a candidate for the elusive Planet Nine – a ...

An international team used 40 years' worth of data from two space probes to track down what they believe are signs of this ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 ...

A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, ...

"There’s a high probability that if you want to think about the most hospitable place where you want life to be outside the ...