June 3, 2025 — 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 ...

In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or not the planets' orbits ... (LAB). The paper that describes their findings, "The influence of passing field stars on the solar ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system ... tiny moon Amalthea as it orbits the planet. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt The paper, published in the journal ...

The star system we’re ... that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Comets, on the other hand, live inside the Kuiper Belt and even farther out in our solar system in a distant region ...

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of the outer planets, all ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system ... a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper on the findings. The discovery was ...

Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before The spacecraft’s tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the ...

A composite image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system's known dwarf planets ... At its closest, the dwarf planet orbits at nearly 45 AU, or 45 times the distance from Earth to ...

“OF201 is, in my opinion, probably one of the most interesting discoveries in the outer solar system in the last decade,” he said. The theory of Planet Nine originated from observations that icy ...