For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

This artist's impression shows HIP 13044 b, an exoplanet orbiting a star that entered our galaxy, the Milky Way, from another galaxy. ((L. Calçada/ESO) ) Astronomers say they've found the first known ...

15:53, Thu, Jul 3, 2025 Updated: 16:14, Thu, Jul 3, 2025 A new planet has been discovered around 400 light-years from Earth. Named TOI-4465 b, the giant, gaseous celestial body is similar to Jupiter.

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

This week's science news was led by a spate of climate stories that were as worrying as they were fascinating. Topping the bill are microbes that were woken up after lying frozen in the Alaskan ...

Astronomers have found a new planet, the closest yet outside our solar system and just an astronomical stone's throw away at four light years, raising the chances of finding a habitable planet in ...

On July 9, July 22 and Aug. 5, the moon will be at its farthest distance from Earth's equator, which changes the impact of its gravitational pull on the planet's axis. With the moon closer to the ...

The planetary disc surrounding the star RX J1615 which lies in the constellation of Scorpius, 600 light-years from Earth. The central part of the image appears dark because the telescope instrument ...

Early risers on Tuesday, August 12, caught a rare cosmic show. Venus and Jupiter appeared side by side in the eastern sky. This event signals the beginning of a six-planet parade visible before ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth had a violent neighbor. A young, still-forming planet named Theia slammed into our world with enough force to melt vast portions of its mantle and scatter a huge ...

A recycled prediction for the end of the world is making waves on the internet again, with doomsayers warning a planet is hurtling towards a collision with Earth on April 23. Conspiracy theorist David ...