Astronomers have discovered a distant dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune — a frozen world so far from the Sun that it challenges everything we know about how the solar system formed. Man Watched ...

If there's another planet in the system even somewhat nearby, its weak-but-persistent gravitational influence will pull the inner world into a highly elliptical orbit. Once there, it will stretch and ...

"We therefore caution against the use of phosphine as a biosignature until these discrepancies are resolved." The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered phosphine in the atmosphere of a ...

Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

Figure1: Infrared image showing the directly imaged brown dwarf companion J1446B (dot indicated by the arrow). The central red dwarf (J1446) is masked in white during image processing. The scale bar ...

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on? If you think you've met the wildest exoplanet yet, you haven't learned about TOI ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your place in the universe feel both ordinary and strange. Two facts sharpen the ...

Planet’s Owl satellites will be larger and more capable than the SuperDove satellites that currently handle daily imaging of Earth. Credit: Planet AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Planet has announced a new ...

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Government efforts drive funding in U.S., China, and Europe Space tech records $3.5 billion investment in Q3 Hadrian, Apex, Hermeus lead U.S. deals Oct 10 (Reuters) - Global space investment hit a ...