"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure ...

Astronomers might have found evidence of a structure located farbeyond Neptune, potentially giving us clues about the solar ...

4.6 billion years ago, something quite magnificent was occurring in space. What had once been a large cloud of dust and gas had grown so mighty that it collapsed under its own weight, with the result ...

Astronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system, suggesting there could be another equally massive, "second Kuiper Belt" hiding ...

Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form. These massive stars, located ...

New research may shine a light on part of outer space's great mysteries: the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of ...

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...