We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...

The host star, HIP 67522, is slightly larger and cooler than our Sun. But unlike our middle-aged star, this one is just 17 ...

This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...

A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said Wednesday, suggesting that while ...