Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, holds fascinating clues about the origins of organic molecules in ou.
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are celestial bodies located in the outer solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, is home to a diverse array of icy bodies ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...
The Planet Nine theory was based on several trans-Neptunian objects, those that are beyond the eighth planet, with highly “tilted” orbits compared to the ecliptic plane. This seemed odd and ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
The most convincing argument for Planet Nine is based on the extremely eccentric orbital motions of Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects (ETNOs). These remote objects show a gravitational behavior that ...
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them. In the ...
In the months that followed, several new trans-Neptunian objects — bodies whose orbits have an average distance beyond that of Neptune — were discovered: red-hued Sedna in November 2003 and ...
Abstract: The recent discovery of binary objects in the Kuiper Belt opens an invaluable window into past and present conditions in the trans-Neptunian part of the Solar System. For example, knowledge ...
While no telescope has caught a direct glimpse of it yet, its gravitational fingerprints are hard to miss, offering clues to long-standing riddles surrounding trans-Neptunian objects. This ...