Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a coronal mass ejection exploding from a star other than our Sun.

There have been questions about a mysterious ninth planet in our solar system for nearly a decade. Pluto was unseated as number nine in 2006. Now, a group of international researchers say they may ...

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using the Atacama Large ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

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