Neptune may have formed from material that originated much closer to the young Sun, challenging the long-standing belief that it and Uranus developed from the same reservoir of cosmic ingredients. New ...

Astronomers using the Rubin Observatory have spotted 2026 ED138, a possible sixth dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt ...

Looking into the origins of life itself, scientists are looking into the story of our solar system, including Earth's.

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory found 2026 ED138, a distant object that could become the solar system's sixth ...

A new discovery in the outer reaches of the solar system could expand the small group of officially recognized dwarf planets.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has found what might be a new dwarf planet in our solar system, orbiting the sun on an inclined ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Telescope discovered a possible new dwarf planet that, if confirmed, could join 5 others ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have spotted a possible icy dwarf planet far beyond Pluto, provisionally ...

Rubin Observatory spotted 2026 ED138 between March and July 2026, tracing the path of this possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto ...

Lying beyond Pluto, 2026 ED138 could be as large as 1,500 kilometers in diameter. Astronomers are still working to confirm ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s detection of a possible dwarf planet is just the start of many more discoveries in our cosmic ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has discovered that Jupiter uses a surprisingly complex system of powerful plasma waves and multiple ...