Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties ...

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have made a startling finding: a distant exoplanet with a tail hundreds of thousands of miles long. Planet WASP-69 b is located 164 light-years ...

WASP-69 b is classified as a hot Jupiter, characterised by its massive size and close orbit around its star, completing a ...

The study also reveals that these mysterious objects fall into two distinct groups based on their orbit and size. With this ...

From 2014 to 2024, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been studying the outer planets under a program called OPAL (Outer ...

Astronomers detected hundreds more new worlds beyond the solar system this year and worked to better understand what makes ...

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA's Voyager mission completed humankind's first close-up exploration of the four giant outer ...

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer ...

With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American ...

On December 7, the “king of planets” will line up with the Earth and sun in an event known as opposition. It will be visible ...

According to NASA’s JPL tracking, 2020 XR will cross through Earth’s orbit Wednesday and then head out toward Mars’ orbit.