For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

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For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

As we attempt to become a multi-planet species recent research has mapped a “interstellar tunnel” from our solar system pointing toward the constellation Centaurus. That is direction in which ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are offering new insights into the magnetic forces that shaped the outer regions of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago ... Even so, the scientists estimate ...

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system ... around 4.6 billion years ago. When the planets formed, smaller ...

At the edge of our solar system, a host of large, icy bodies make up the Oort cloud, which appears to sport two spiral arms reminiscent of a disk-shaped galaxy. New research founded upon a simulation ...

Dubai plans to build a solar plant with battery storage for uninterrupted power supply, just a month after Abu Dhabi unveiled a similar $6 billion project, as the United Arab Emirates pursues ...

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Volcanic and tectonic activity on Earth have been critical to the evolution and survival of life on our planet, so understanding what drives the solar system’s volcanic worlds is a crucial first ...

Less than a week after The Wall St. Journal reported on how a Snapchat feature dubbed “solar system” was adding to teens’ anxiety, the company has responded by adjusting how the feature works.