If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth.

NASA has awarded $1 million in funding to a research project lead by the Department of Astronomy at the University of ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

It’s rare these days for astronomers to find a new class of object in the heavens. After all, we’ve been searching the skies for centuries, so all the easy stuff has already been found. Adding new ...

In their study, astronomer Terry Long Phan and colleagues compared data from two far-infrared, all-sky surveys: those of the ...

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For over a century, black holes have fascinated scientists with their mysterious nature. According to Einstein’s theory of ...

Now, after almost 30 years of planning a dedicated telescope for astronomical surveys, his work is about to pay off. Over the course of the 10-year survey, the 8.4-meter telescope will scan the ...

Rubin as one of his initial inspirations dating back to the inaugural trip she took him on as an undergraduate to an astronomical observatory—in Chile, no less—DePoy finds it particularly gratifying ...