Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

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

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

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

NASA’s IMAP spacecraft is being prepped for a 2025 launch to study the solar system’s outer boundary and solar wind from its ...

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

A newly detected planet beyond Pluto is not just expanding our understanding of the Solar System, it might be quietly rewriting it. Astronomers from the University of Taiwan recen ...

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 dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

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