A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial body from beyond our solar system ever to be observed ...

- Lagoon Nebula (M8) is an emission nebula in Sagittarius.

A database that is managed by an object-oriented database management system (ODBMS). Object databases are closely aligned with a particular object-oriented programming language and enable the data in the objects to be persistently stored without requiring ...

Pluto was believed to be the only body beyond Neptune with an atmosphere. Now, a new discovery in our solar system is challenging that assumption.

Researchers say they've identified a minor planet beyond Pluto that's wrapped in an extremely thin envelope of gases. Astronomers have long been fascinated by the unusual behavior of objects orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper Belt,