The finding, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, offers an explanation based on a ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get their name from their orbits. These dwarf planets orbit the sun at a ...

Click to enjoy a journey across our spacious solar system courtesy of Josh Worth. How do you picture the solar system? Most of us imagine the eight planets as colorful balls of varying sizes moving in ...

Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that ...

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near-Earth ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has provided groundbreaking insights into the potential of giant, free-floating planets forming their own miniature planetary systems. These objects, ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have ...