DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION The Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). This means that it orbits the Sun ...

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A composite image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system's known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201. | Credit: Sihao Cheng et al. Scientists have found evidence of ...

Jupiter is not only the largest in the solar system, but is so humongous that it's more than twice as massive as the other planets combined. The gas giant's influential place in shaping our solar ...

One set of dots had matching colors and brightness. open image in gallery Is there a possible ninth planet in our solar system? Researchers say they may have found a candidate (Credit: ESO/Tom ...

You can get in touch with Alyce by emailing a.collins@newsweek.com A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

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The new object is one of the most distant visible objects in our solar system and, significantly, suggests that the empty section of space thought to exist beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt is not ...

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TNOs are bodies in the solar system that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune, which is 30 times more distant from the Sun than the Earth. A preprint describing the discovery is hosted on the preprint ...

Some experts remain unconvinced about this discovery. It’s been almost two decades since our solar system lost its 9th planet. Pluto was officially reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet ...

During the birth of the solar system, the planets are thought to have formed and grown through a process known as core accretion, building themselves up by sweeping up rocky debris and adding mass ...