Astronomers have recently detected a rogue planet entering our solar system, marking a rare event that has sparked ...

Scientists theorised about the possibility of Planet Y after spotting a strange ‘warp’ in the Kuiper belt, which is a ring of ...

Dive into the world of gravity and space with this C++ simulation of our solar system using OpenGL. In this video, explore ...

After the sun goes out, what will happen to the solar system — and how long will it last?

Adler Planetarium Astrophysicist Michael Zevin stopped by the studio to help us better understand the universe. Zevin spoke about the February night sky, sunspots, solar activity and the upcoming ...

UW’s Institute for Data-intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, founded in 2016 with support from the Charles and ...

The immensity of space makes it impossible for humans to discover every hiding place the universe holds. Its infinitude makes ...

Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they get so big, and how do they sustain their ...

None of this has improved my dimensia to the point that I can relate to the size of the solar system or the Milky Way, much less the universe.

A pair of planetary scientists simulated how our solar system might have evolved if it had a super-Earth orbiting where the asteroid belt is today. The results are enough to make you grateful that ...

Chinese astronomers have spotted a hidden supermassive black hole in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event ...

Black holes aren't "cosmic vacuum cleaners," but what would happen if one wandered into our solar system?