New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life in the dwarf planet's hidden subsurface ocean billions of years ago.

Voyager 2 launched in 1977 to tour the outer planets. It visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, returning data that transformed scientific understanding.

This iconic image marks the final visual record sent back by Voyager 2 before its optical cameras were permanently shut off to conserve the probe’s shrinking power supply.

In addition to Ceres, there are several other known dwarf planets in the solar system, such as Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris, but they are all located beyond Neptune's orbit, while Ceres is the ...

The protoplanet, now named WISPIT 2b, was spotted using advanced adaptive optics on some of the world’s most powerful ...

The autumnal equinox is on Sept. 22 — a day of equal daylight and darkness that happens twice per year. The fall equinox ...

On05, Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore on the Gulf Coast, inflicting severe damage in New Orleans and along the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.