Meet Hygiea, the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from ...
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Voyager 2 spacecraft crosses barrier into interstellar space
The daring spacecraft traveled more than 11 billion miles to exit the solar system.
TESS telescope discovers three intriguing close-by exoplanets
The solar system is very different from our own.
Jupiter formed far from the sun and traveled closer during its early days
It also met a lot of asteroids it still hangs around with.
Astronomers just discovered the most distant object in the solar system — they’ve called it ‘Farout’
It's more than 100 times farther away than Earth is from the sun.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than ...
It Is Possible Jupiter Could Support Life, Scientists Say
The chances of it happening are pretty slim though.
Scientists collect interstellar dust that formed the Earth and solar system
The findings might revolutionize our understanding of how the solar system came to be, as well as all planetary bodies for ...
New evidence backs up existence of mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ in the outer solar system
An elusive planet ten times more massive than Earth may be lurking in the outer fringes of the solar system.
Scientists find diamonds forged deep within a lost, ancient planet of the early solar system
Pieces of an ancient planet formed long before Earth shed their secrets.
Strange interstellar stone discovered in Egypt is like nothing else found in the solar system
A unique cosmic stone challenges what we know about how the solar system formed.
For the first time ever, our solar system is getting an outside visitor
Put the kettle on, we have a visitor.
Evidence keeps pilling up in favor of the mysterious Planet Nine
A ninth planet 10 times bigger than Earth might be lurking far away within the solar system.
Jupiter is likely the oldest planet in the solar system
This fatty likely had a great influence on how other later planets formed in the early solar system, including Earth.
Why is the solar system flat and not a sphere?
Elementary, it's all about the conservation of angular momentum.
New dwarf planet discovered in outskirts of solar system beyond Neptune
Pluto and Ceres have a new neighbor.
We have a ninth planet in the solar system – and it’s not Pluto
A duo of astronomers from CalTech may have found another planet, far away in our solar system.
New most distant body in the Solar system identified
A new dwarf planet, designated V774104 has been identified and now takes the crown of most distant object in our ...
Young Jupiter Swept Through the Solar System, Destroying Super Earths
A new shocking theory suggests that Jupiter may have sweeped through our solar system much like a wrecking ball, knocking ...
Not one, but two yet to be confirmed Earth-sized planets could orbit in the outer solar system
Nibiru followers might have cause to rejoice, as Spanish astronomers report a novel hypothesis that suggests two Earth-sized planets might ...
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