This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

A FLEET of ‘Death Stars’ is hurtling towards our Solar System. And this time destruction really could be rained down on our planet... but there’s time to prepare. The wayward orange dwarf star ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in space that appears to guide matter and radiation along a kind of interstellar highway stretching from our solar neighborhood to distant stars.

One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the Solar System. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe an oddball gas giant exoplanet orbiting a dead star.

A comet born around a distant star is now tearing through our solar system at roughly 150,000 miles per hour, and astronomers ...

Learn about the brightest star in the solar system and the night sky. Discover facts about the Sun, Sirius, and how astronomers measure stellar brightness. The Sun is the brightest star in the solar ...

And it’s not the only one: There are up to two dozen such ‘Death Stars’ likely cut within 3.26 light years of our Solar System. Another 600 could blunder past at 16.3 light years — all close enough to ...

There’s a fleet of ‘Death Stars’ headed our way. This time destruction really could be rained down upon us all: But there’s still time to linger over a Star Wars sequel or three (hundred thousand).