There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...

As more of the solar system has been explored and imaged, all kinds of geographical features have been mapped on many of our ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

These results are another example of how planetary systems can be different from our solar system ... The largest study of its kind, this work has about three times more planets and includes ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space.

Most people have never heard of vacuum decay, but if it happened it would be the biggest natural disaster in the universe. If ...

is the second-biggest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's Ganymede. It's also larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is an incredible world wrapped in a dense atmosphere of nitrogen and ...

The ongoing search for an additional planet at the solar system's edge has identified ... Waiting for the world's largest digital camera However, there is no final verdict on the supposed find.

In order to respond to these threats, government agencies need to coordinate. That is where SWORM comes in. Formed in 2014 to ...

Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds Apr. 7, 2025 — Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules, Saturn's largest ... planet outside the solar ...

28, 2025 — Astrophysicists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is one of the largest ... outside the solar system, although they remain ... 'Big Surprise': Astronomers Find ...