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A meteor shower, a planet sighting, and a full moon. Here's how to see all of space's eye-catching activity in July.

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

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The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

NASA’s James Webb telescope captured its first direct image of a distant gas giant, revealing groundbreaking insights into ...

Researchers for NASA have identified a new planet outside of our solar system, also known as an exoplanet.Officials said they ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations ...

Researchers in the US have suggested there is a 40 percent chance a ninth planet could exist in our solar system. Planet Nine ...

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest ...