The dwarf planet Makemake, which chills out in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, might be home to an ice volcano 1.

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the ...

Ever since William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, astronomers have been eager to find new planets on the outer edge of ...

IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest ...

How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve? Hundreds? I know many will insist there are nine, with Pluto as the ninth planet, but ...

The best telescopes allow astronomers to access exceptional views of the night sky, from stars and planets to galaxies and nebulas. They come in a range of configurations; our guide breaks down ...

A health-check for the planet – the report includes the Living Planet Index, which tracks how species populations have fared around the world over a 50-year period. Together with other indicators, the ...

Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence ...

Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

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