The dwarf planet 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun at 5 P.M. EST today. While this means we can't see Ceres for now, we ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAS) reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. That decision came several years after discovering the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy and rocky objects 2.8 ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected ...

However, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined what constitutes a planet, leading to Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet ... Unlike the eight recognized planets ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Additionally, Gaia identified a brown dwarf, Gaia-5b, an object that exists in the ambiguous zone between a planet and a star. These discoveries ... follow-up observations were conducted using ...

LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

Planetarium features a number of star shows and laser concerts during March specially designed for children, at 118 Lamington ...