G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

Billions of years ago, in the icy outskirts of the solar system, a dramatic collision forged the unusual pairing of Pluto and ...

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

Using computer models, researchers studying Pluto and its moon, Charon, have discovered an unforeseen kind of cosmic ...

Scientists propose Pluto and its moon Charon formed through a "kiss and capture" event 4.5 billion years ago, challenging ...

This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

Learn about the size, temperature, and colour of each planet, and discover why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. This year, tidbits about ...

At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees — and millions of people tuning in from home — count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a ...

The disco ball is sparkling and ready to drop ... Big shifts are coming to the planets: Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus will move signs, putting new emphasis on the elements of air and fire, which ...

The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered in Waterford Crystal triangles and illuminated by LED lights. The ball drop tradition began in 1907 and has evolved over ...