Today, let's talk about an incredibly mysterious celestial body in the solar system — Sedna. Did you know that it takes Sedna about 11,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun? It leisurely ...

There may be more than meets the eye with The Kuiper Belt, a ring comprising thousands of large, icy objects and dwarf planets that encircle our solar system. A yet-to-be-published study, spotlighted ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial ...

The two stories (here) and (here) are set to be published in the Planetary Science Journal and detail evidence for a cluster of objects just outside of the Kuiper Belt, which is approximately 40 to 50 ...

The current understanding of the Kuiper Belt is that it extends from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units and is 50 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (AU) is the ...

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

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Angelo State University’s (ASU) Department of Physics and Geosciences explains the new object in our solar system that was announced on July 15 and ...

A decade of observations with the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii has uncovered the existence of an intriguing cluster of objects at the edge of our Solar System. This could drastically shift our ...

Today, let's talk about a super mysterious celestial body in the solar system - Sedna. Did you know that Sedna takes about 11 ...