For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

As astronomers study an exoplanet called K2-18b, conflicting research reveals how difficult it is to find evidence of life ...

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy has confirmed a groundbreaking hypothesis about Pluto’s atmospheric conditions, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show ...

The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...

but for understanding atmospheric physics more broadly, including on Earth." The team's findings contribute to a growing body of research suggesting Titan is not just Earth-like in appearance but ...

The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online ... While falling rain washes pollen grains from the atmosphere, rain can also ...

To boldly go where we were not too long ago. Legendary actor William Shatner wants President Trump to restore Pluto to greatness as scientists claim to have found a “new” ninth planet.

“Star Trek” actor William Shatner wants to use Elon Musk’s political sway to get Pluto reinstated as a full-fledged planet. “We should ask Elon to get the President to sign one of those ...

Laika has brought on “Captain Marvel” filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to adapt and direct a live-action film based on the soon-to-be-released novel “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid ...