"Decades from now, we may look back at this point in time and recognize it was when the living universe came within reach," ...

The discovery of a rogue planet with a disk around it indicates the presence of "mini planets" or moons ... system are gravitationally bound to the sun. But rogue planets move through interstellar ...

Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...

Pollard A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of our ... with a mass around one-sixth that of the sun. At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an inferior conjunction.

but that doesn’t mean that other natural objects couldn’t also get snagged by our planet’s gravity, and researchers think they might have just spotted a “mini moon” orbiting our planet.

Read on to learn about the planets and luminaries' significance and their respective effects on your daily lives. iStockphoto/Getty The sun is a luminary, considered the greatest beacon in our ...

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...