Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—the largest and second most distantly active comet ever ...

The Oort cloud has sent its biggest comet yet towards the inner solar system, and it is travelling at an insane speed, releasing jets of carbon monoxide.

Scientists want to study a distant world in the solar system that is classified as a dwarf planet. But some experts think it ...

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Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday.

Sedna, a distant dwarf planet three-quarters the size of Pluto, is inching toward the brightest star in our sky — and in 2076 ...