In a groundbreaking discovery beyond Pluto, scientists have detected a small celestial body that could alter our perception ...

A study has suggested that this motion of our star through the galaxy potentially takes us through regions of space that could affect our planet's climate. According to the study, the Solar System may ...

The caldera may have blasted out its cryomagma in a single explosive event, or it may have spread its eruptions over time.

New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...

A curious, icy and distant object has just been discovered far beyond Pluto. Nicknamed Ammonite, it intrigues astronomers ...

Uncover fascinating and lesser-known facts about our solar system! Discover why you can't stand on Uranus, which moon has ...

Prior to this our pictures, even with the Hubble telescope, have been of this sort of greenish, mushy pea. And now we can see craters and dark patches over the surface," Dr. Walkowicz said.

Summary "Orbiting at the edge of the outer Solar System, Pluto is an intriguing object in astronomy. Since the fascinating events surrounding its discovery, it has helped increase our understanding of ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

But are these really "planets," or was Pluto merely the first discovery of an entirely new class of objects? In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, the gatekeepers of astronomical nomenclature ...

WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby. NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance ...