The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...

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This landmark discovery of the planet – named TWA 7b – which was recently published in the journal Nature, came after an ...

Scientists believe they have discovered evidence of a hidden planet existing beyond Neptune, which they have named 'Planet Y'. Recently, a study analyzing the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects indicated ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

Gleise 710, an orange dwarf star about 63 light years away, is on course to pass through the outer reaches of our solar ...

Earth will move between Saturn and the sun this weekend, offering prime views of Saturn in what's known as "opposition." Here's what to know.

Somewhere at the edge of the solar system a new Earth-sized world might be lurking, dubbed Planet Y. Astronomers have long proposed that there might be hidden planets beyond the Kuiper belt, a region ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The 15 planet-forming disks around young stars that have been studied in detail by exoALMA. Here ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

The textbook picture of how planets form—serene, flat disks of cosmic dust—has just received a significant cosmic twist. New research, published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, is set to reshape ...