There may be another world lurking between the orbital lines of our solar system. Astronomers in Japan have published their theory of an “Earth-like planet,” dubbed Planet Nine, that’s hiding in plain ...
Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.
Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...
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Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form. These massive stars, located ...
The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Did you know our entire Solar System is cocooned inside a giant protective bubble, known as the heliosphere? Created by the perpetual outflow of charged particles from the Sun, called the solar wind, ...
A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...
IMAP mission will explore our solar system's protective heliosphere and will also help us develop a better understanding of ...