OF201, the object belongs to the same all-star family as Pluto: dwarf planets. Its diameter, roughly 435 miles (700 km), is ...

In the study titled, Evidence of haze control of Pluto's atmospheric heat balance from JWST/MIRI thermal light curves, astronomers revealed that they detected and measured the thermal emission of ...

Researchers believe that 2017 OF201’s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational ...

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Astronomers have uncovered a distant celestial body that may be a new dwarf planet, orbiting the Sun from more than twice the distance of Pluto. Found by researchers at the Institute for Advanced ...

Researchers in the US have suggested there is a 40 percent chance a ninth planet could exist in our solar system. Planet Nine ...

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during ...

When the Sun expands into a red giant, it will swallow the inner solar system and raise the temperature in the outer regions.

Some people are naturally nonchalant, including certain zodiac signs who simply cannot be bothered, while others lean into ...

The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.

Sure, adopting a few new trends isn't exactly reaching for the stars compared to making life-altering shifts, but it's still ...