Astronomers have discovered more than 100 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system. For the study, published in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Astronomers have asked the public to help name a minor planet in our Solar System discovered in 2007. The dwarf planet, which orbits the sun beyond Neptune, has since been referred to as (225088 ...

inner planets. The largest celestial bodies in our solar system that still exist—massive asteroids and minor planets—are thought to be the last vestiges of this era of planetary formation.

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a computer model that can detect liquid water on the moons of Uranus by ...

The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets, asteroids and comets. Planets orbit the Sun in roughly circular paths, and moons ...

Our home, planet Earth, is part of a system of bodies that orbit a central star – the Sun. This solar system consists of four inner rocky planets and four outer gas giant planets as well as an ...

The research also suggests that some asteroids in the inner Solar System might also have interstellar ... and former director of the CfA’s Minor Planet Center, which tracks comets, asteroids ...

If you’re in the path of totality on April 8, you’ll see planets. In fact ... as the comet continues on its path towards the inner solar system, comet Pons-Brooks is currently not predicted ...