A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

Astronomers have observed three types of black holes in the universe. Stellar-mass black holes formed from the collapse of a ...

NASA has announced that a 510-foot asteroid, roughly the size of a building, will make close passes by Earth. Despite its ...

"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they're streaming through the universe, doing their own ...

Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.

New evidence suggests that billions of years ago, a star may have passed very close to our solar system. As a result, ...

The Netherlands is preparing to end its net-metering scheme, prompting two Dutch research institutes to study the potential ...

Today, the belt extends between 30 and 50 times the distance between Earth and the sun, but in the early solar system, the proto-Kuiper Belt lay much closer to the sun. Related: Lost photos ...

According to a new study, if a primordial black hole passed within a few hundred million miles of Mars, it could shift the planet's orbit by about a meter -- causing a "wobble." ...

The possibility that black holes may be lurking within the solar system is a tantalizing prospect for astrophysicists. Recent ...

A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system. Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a ...

Sep. 20—How close is the Goose Prairie Solar project near Moxee to being fully operational? Like new homeowners, developers of the large energy operation have begun “mowing the lawn” on the ...