"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, ...

Over the last 10 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures of Altjira and a 2011 study found that it appears as ...

NASA scientists have discovered Altjira system, a group of 3 space rocks in Kuiper Belt, providing evidence for the theory of ...

After 17 years of observation, researchers are certain that what they thought was a group of two celestial bodies is actually ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

Can asteroids orbit each other in pairs of three, also called a three-body or triple system, like stars? This is what a ...

The Kuiper Belt is a vast region beyond Neptune filled with icy remnants from the early solar system. Over 3,000 KBOs have ...

Observations of extrasolar systems with belts similar to the Kuiper Belt reveal that planetesimals in these belts sublimate carbon monoxide (CO). For belts closer to their star, such as the asteroid ...

The inner Oort cloud, between 1,000 and 10,000 AU from the sun, displays a spiral formation with arms that extend 15,000 AU.

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe. Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, ...