The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… Tesla?” Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

An "extraordinarily rare planetary alignment" will be able to be seen in Bolton next month. Stargazers across the borough and beyond will be treated to a special event next month, with the display ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

Earth" planet that may have conditions suitable for life, according to the University of Oxford. The exoplanet—a planet ...

While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...