Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of object in our solar system: an active binary asteroid. That means the object, named Body 288P, is the first known hybrid of two rare types of asteroid: ...

Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a huge disk of gas and dust orbiting our sun. The asteroids seen today are some of the most complete artifacts of this formation that ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of astronomical object, calling the strange entity a 'window into the dark universe'. The object known as Cloud-9 is a completely starless, gas-rich cloud of dark ...

A team of astronomers are, in a manner of speaking, on cloud nine after discovering a never-before-seen astronomical object in the distant universe. Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander captures its ...