A brand-new group of frozen objects, orbiting the sun out beyond the distant Kuiper Belt, has been spotted by the Subaru telescope, working with NASA's New Horizons mission to find new targets for the ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Robert Lea (created with Canva) New research suggests that billions of years ago, ...

Far beyond Neptune, astronomers have finally confirmed a compact clump of icy worlds hiding inside the Kuiper Belt, a feature ...

KENNDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, USA, August 21, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- NASA's highly successful New Horizons mission, which was the first and only planned spacecraft ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest moon—including the presence of previously undetected surface chemicals. This ...

486958 Arrokoth in the Kuiper Belt, previously called 2014 MU69 and nicknamed "Ultima Thule" was the farthest object in the solar system visited by a spacecraft when NASA's New Horizons conducted a ...

"We have been calling Uranus an ice giant, but we don't really know its nature." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers say ...

Pluto, considered the ninth planet in our solar system until it was reclassified to dwarf planet status in 2006, is thought to have undergone an impact that broke off the largest of its five moons, ...

There could be a ninth planet in our solar system that's lying in wait to be discovered - and no, it's not Pluto. Our solar ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...