Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...

Deep in the older, denser reaches of the Milky Way, there is a red dwarf star that shouldn’t exist — or at least, its family ...

Planet locations include Jewry Wall, Leicester Cathedral, Haymarket Shopping Centre, Phoenix, Curve, and Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. The trail launches with a public community celebration on 30 ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional expectations about how planets arrange themselves around their host stars. The ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the ...

You can build a telescope, a microscope and a UFO with the Lego Creator 3-in-1 Space Exploration Telescope review, but I'd only bother with the former.

AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) - Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger. Two new dwarf planet models are being added to the roadside attraction that has ...

A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...