Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the ...

A recently discovered celestial body is rewriting our knowledge of the Kuiper Belt and maybe challenging the existence of the ...

The object’s aphelion the farthest point on the orbit from the Sun is more than 1,600 times that of the Earth’s orbit,” said ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system ...

The probe’s arrival at the dwarf planet nine years later was a stunning moment in space exploration, with New Horizons returning breathtaking images of a surprisingly complex world of craggy ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our understanding of the solar system is a work in progress. Pluto ...

Our understanding of the solar system is a work in progress. Pluto's demotion to a dwarf planet was just one of many revisions—in recent decades astronomers have cataloged new dwarfs, like far ...

That encounter revealed Pluto to be an incredibly diverse world ... astrophysics, New Horizons will study the cosmic optical and ultraviolet background, getting a nice view beyond the obscuring ...

Revealed as New Horizons left the Pluto system and peered back to see the world backlit by the Sun ... for astrobiologists searching for life beyond Earth. If Pluto could support life, so too ...

In this series New Atlas will be profiling ... would extend billions of miles beyond. Discovered in 1930, we always knew Pluto to be a cold and distant world, orbiting the Sun amongst a ring ...

The probe aced this encounter in July 2015, revealing the dwarf planet to be a spectacularly diverse world of surprisingly varied and rugged landscapes. New Horizons ... km) beyond Pluto's orbit.