Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.

The government shutdown turns into a showdown over healthcare. We ask Senator Heidi Heitkamp why both sides have failed to agree a way forward and what Democrats hope to get out of it. Also, Trump ...

A mysterious "rogue planet" has been observed gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second — an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday. Unlike ...

A mysterious "rogue planet" has been observed gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second — an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday. Unlike ...

Alex Dunne and McLaren have parted ways with immediate effect, with the Irish driver linked with a switch to another team on the F1 grid. McLaren and Alex Dunne have confirmed they have parted ways, ...

A sudden growth spurt has led to a ‘rogue’ planet becoming the fastest-growing planet ever seen. The planet unexpectedly began gorging on the gas surrounding it a few months ago and is now swallowing ...

Researchers say the diet could help avoid 15 million premature deaths annually. Changing how the world eats could reduce premature deaths, save trillions of dollars and slow the impacts of climate ...

Astronomers have observed a planet that in some ways behaves more like a star — including a massive growth spurt unlike anything witnessed before in a free-floating planet. The rogue planet, which ...

Astronomers have identified an enormous "growth spurt" in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our solar system, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The ...

A ravenous rogue planet has been caught eating 6 billion tonnes of gas and dust per second. This behaviour blurs the line between planets and stars, suggesting both can form in similar ways. Rogue ...