“An Earth-like planet far beyond Neptune could redefine our understanding of the solar system,” says Lykawka. He adds, “It ...

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? This ...

Astronomers say they've found an "interstellar tunnel" near our solar system that potentially leads to the vicinity of other ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

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The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...

It would depend on a lot, say our readers, from how big it was to the route it took - but it could have significant ...