Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

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For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called ...

The discovery challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis, which suggests a massive, unseen planet is influencing the orbits of distant TNOs. While most extreme TNOs show a clustered pattern that supports ...

Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...