Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't achieved gravitational dominance in its region, the International Astronomical ...

Finding life on another planet would be a world-changing discovery for humanity. But actually detecting it is no simple task.

February has already proven to be a snowy month for Oregon, making the name of the upcoming full moon quite fitting. Here's when to see it.

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

However, the 74 million tonne space rock, which was first discovered in 1999, could potentially strike Earth in around one ...

Skywatchers: February's celestial events include the Snow Moon, Venus's peak brightness, and a stunning planetary alignment.

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, ...

Despite the name, a planetary alignment isn’t when the ... ‘That line is called the ecliptic and it represents the plane of the solar system in which the planets orbit around the Sun.’ ...

A great or full planetary alignment features all solar system planets, and sometimes Pluto. In this handout photo provided by NASA, the full moon, also known as the Wolf Moon in January ...

During the first nights of February, the crescent moon should line up with the planets as well. The planets are spread far apart in the solar system, AccuWeather wrote. Although it can be hard to see ...