New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...

Two “superpuff” planets orbiting a sunlike star over 1,000 light-years from Earth are as big as Jupiter and as dense as ...

On August 12, 2026, lucky viewers in and around Greenland, Iceland and Spain—weather allowing—will be able to see one of ...

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) is set for a stellar summer, with one of its biggest seasons yet on the horizon. AOP ...

Finding ways to foster curiosity and a love of learning in our children, regardless of ability or history. With a focus on ...

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Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, this extra world might have triggered a violent ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — What started as a mysterious red dot in images taken by University of Arizona astronomers has been confirmed as a huge, newly forming planet — and University of Arizona’s ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Astronomers have confirmed a new planet in one of the youngest solar systems ever found, thanks to University of Arizona technology. The system, called WISPIT 2, was first ...

Astronomers have found a second planet that is in the process of forming in a dust cloud around a young star called WISPIT 2 — providing a glimpse of the birth of a solar system 1. Chloe Lawlor at the ...