During the birth of the solar system, the planets are thought to have ... Using these, scientists were able to model the moment of inertia and Vesta's interior structure. The original ...

Brown and Batygin were not part of the Planet Nine research team, but both men previously suggested a “Planet X” existed in the far reaches of the solar system. “It’s kind of fun that a ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar ...

A new look through decades-old data has unveiled some of the most compelling evidence yet of a hidden ninth planet in the far reaches of our solar system, far beyond the bounds of Neptune and the ...

The ongoing search for an additional planet at the solar system's edge has identified a new candidate, potentially challenging previous predictions. A research team from Taiwan, Japan and ...

In a distant corner of our solar system called the Kuiper Belt, icy bodies lurk in the darkness, orbiting our sun at vast distances. These ancient minor planets are called trans-Neptunian objects ...

Trevor Macduff, a Richland teacher and director of the Three Rivers HomeLink program, is building a scale model of the solar system and positioning it along the Columbia River and around the Mid ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of bombshell findings that suggest dark energy might be weakening as the universe expands, physicists are considering replacing the standard cosmological model of the universe with ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

Without proper standards, a balcony solar system could pose several hazards. One concern is a phenomenon called breaker masking. Within a home, a single circuit can provide power to several outlets.