For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar ...

A supermassive black hole that scientists have nicknamed "Ansky" is now awake after a long dormant period, emitting powerful ...

Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in their surface composition caused by magnetic fields. This brings the ...

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This ...

Researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions -- and it could change our understanding of how life began. Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid with the potential ... according to a statement released by the National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy ...

Brian Cox, a professor in particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester said on X: “For everyone asking about the strange spiral shape in the sky ...