In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have confirmed the approach of a “wandering planet” into our solar system. This ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

Firstly, if all eight planets transformed into stars the size of the Sun, their gravitational pull would significantly increase. This means they would exert a stronger gravitational influence on ...