Astronomers have found a new minor planet beyond Pluto. This object, named 2017 OF201, is quite large. It orbits far from the ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by ...

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

In a thrilling development that challenges long-held assumptions about the outer reaches of our solar system, astronomers ...

Astronomers may be close to identifying a mysterious object in our solar system. New research points to a potential candidate ...

"Basically, we detected a water–ice reservoir." At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by the James Webb Space ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...