"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam in a statement. This orbital period places it a little closer ...

Galaxies are astronomical objects composed of billions or even trillions of stars. Our Earth and solar system are just a tiny ...

However, it is now considered a dwarf planet instead. The universe has billions of galaxies, and our solar system is in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way contains at least 100 billion other ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

At just over 20,000 mph, experts say they're the fastest of their kind on any known planet. Find out more here.

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away from the Milky Way.

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

The solar system consists of stars, the Sun, 8 planets, dozens of moons, millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. It orbits the centre of the Milky Way galaxy at about 515,000 mph.