Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything.

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

Hubble Space Telescope imagery Neptune has revealed that the planet's clouds are disappearing. Credit: NASA Goddard Space ...

An artist's rendering of two comets that will make a near-earth passes later this month. The first, known as SWAN, will pass ...

New research suggests that planets outside our solar system contain far less surface water than scientists once believed. Contrary to earlier theories that these exoplanets might be covered by deep ...

Look up for a possible meteor storm, a 'super' Harvest Moon, and telescopes should be aimed to the east at the end of October to potentially spot an alien comet in our sky.

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with ...

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose light is shaded by sculptural clouds made of clumps and streaks of dust and gas. This ...

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