People sometimes ask what would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded, often after seeing a dramatic film or picture online. It ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals ancient secrets and strange chemistry as the largest object of its kind ever tracked.

Astronomers have spotted a lonely world roughly the size and mass of Saturn, drifting through the Milky Way without a star to ...

Ground and space-based telescopes have confirmed a microlensing event caused by a rogue planet wandering silently through the ...

It also pushed them to tighten their standards, especially when the conversation shifts from “interesting chemistry” to ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

Their analysis showed that the planet lies about 3,000 parsecs, or just under 10,000 light-years, from Earth. Its mass is ...

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...