Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

At a glance, Saturn’s rings appear calm and pristine when observed from afar. These rings are quite narrow and consist mainly ...

Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

LHS 1903 flips rock and gas on their heads, hinting that late-born planets can rewrite the rules around common red dwarfs for now.

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

A new study hints that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was created around 400 million years ago, when two massive moons smashed ...

HR 8799, located 129 light-years away, is home to a rare group of super-Jupiters, gas giants that are much larger than our own Jupiter. These planets, orbiting far from their star, present a unique ...

Observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show increased water, carbon dioxide, and organic gas release after its passage near the Sun, based on data from NASA’s SPHEREx mission ...

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This discovery has drawn interest from both professional researchers and skywatchers because comets are ancient remnants from the early formation of ...

Learn why some icy objects inhabiting a remote region beyond Neptune look like snowmen.