A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...

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

In approximately 4.5 billion years, as the sun transforms into a red giant and engulfs Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa may offer ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...

Astronomers are developing plans and technology for increasingly powerful space telescopes. For instance, NASA is working on its proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, which would take ultrasharp ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

Listen to Story Astronomers consider Jupiter as one of the most influential factors in Solar System It played key role in the evolution and creation of our Solar System New study now provides first ...

The planet Jupiter has played a vital role in the evolution of the Solar System, according to our current models. On the one hand, its formation (ca. 4.6 billion years ago) and powerful gravity are ...

The new calculations, described in a paper published Tuesday (May 20) in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggest that just 3.8 ...

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