NASA's New Horizons team has identified a new group of distant Kuiper Belt objects using the Subaru Telescope, revealing that ...

Mexico, N.Y. – Malaki Sandejas, 8, loves a dwarf planet. Sitting next to his mom on their couch, he rattles off the five in our solar system. “The dwarf planets are Haumea, Makemake, Eris, Ceres and ...

R esearchers looking for objects in the Kuiper Belt – the donut-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune containing icy ...

"The most exciting part of the HSC was the discovery of 11 objects at distances beyond the known Kuiper Belt," said Yoshida.

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

Probably 99% of people know Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, but do you know the tallest mountain in the ...

Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did ...

Despite its demotion, many in Streator and around the world still believe Pluto should be considered a planet, along with the ...

The Subaru Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft collaboration has hinted at a new population of distant Kuiper Belt objects, ...

Interplanetary travel is the focus of the first concert of the Aiken Symphony’s 2024-25 season. Set for Friday, Sept. 20, the ...

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might ...

Whether you’re starting your journey at Mercury or have already achieved Pluto status with your closest friends, every ...