Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
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those that are beyond the eighth planet, with highly “tilted” orbits compared to the ecliptic plane. This seemed odd and illogical as when the Solar system formed, it would be expected that ...
New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The mission, which launched in Septembe ...
Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...
On the evening of February 28, stargazers will witness a rare celestial event: an alignment of seven planets visible ...
When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...