Space is full of weird objects that don’t make sense according to what scientists thought they knew about the universe, […] ...

Free-floating, planetary-mass objects that are just drifting carefree through the galaxy, untethered and starless, appear to be able to generate their own systems of moons, like a planetary system on ...

A recent announcement from astronomers has everyone buzzing! A "visitor" has entered the solar system, and can you guess what it is? Last night, while scrolling through astronomy groups, I stumbled ...

What goes up, must come down — unless you’re sending things into space, of course, which creates some complications. After more than 60 years of satellite launches and space exploration, manufactured ...

Shubhanshu Shukla shared a post on why floating in space is falling forever. Drawing from Newton’s thought experiment and his ...

"Planetary-mass objects don't fit neatly into existing categories of stars or planets." Are they stars? Are they planets? Or are they neither? Some rogue planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos ...

Shubhanshu Shukla recalled being cautious about releasing objects in his initial days on the station. “I had this strange ...

For years, astronomers have been using the extremely steady flashes of light emanating from pulsars, the highly magnetized remains of dead stars that spin like cosmic lighthouses, to keep time on an ...

The outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know almost nothing about — from the elusive Planet Nine and baby black holes to interstellar visitors ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...