Just because Pluto was ruled out as a planet in 2006 doesn’t mean our solar system only has eight planets. The search for Planet Nine is far from over as scientists continue to uncover clues ...

The interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS, roughly the size of Manhattan, has recently demonstrated an unexpected non-gravitational acceleration as it swings past the Sun. This marks the first-ever ...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found new evidence that further suggests there is a ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," researchers said ...

While searching for the mysterious Planet X that some astronomers believe lurks on the edge of our solar system, researchers instead found an extremely distant object they dubbed "the Goblin." And ...

Astronomers have discovered a huge new object far beyond Neptune, shaking our understanding of the solar system. The object, called 2017 OF201, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), meaning it orbits the ...

Astronomers have been fascinated after spotting an object earlier this year that came from interstellar space as is now hurtling through our inner solar system. Regardless, it’s an interesting visitor ...

More than a year after NASA's New Horizons mission closely flew by a small, distant Kuiper Belt Object, researchers have been able to sift through the data and learn intriguing new details about this ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope zoomed in on extremely faint objects, called brown dwarfs, in the Flame Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / M. Meyer (University of Michigan) There's a class of ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming discs around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...