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Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn illustration of the Kuiper Belt. NASA's New Horizons mission, which encountered Pluto in 2015 is...
Why a mysterious ninth planet might be lurking beyond Pluto
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA possible ninth planet in our solar system, hovering at its edge, in an artist's illustration. Our...
See dwarf planet Haumea at its closest to Earth in 285 years tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of dwarf planet Haumea, its two moons and a narrow ring of rocky particles. If...
2 Dwarf Planets Are Hiding Something Incredible Beyond Pluto’s Lonely Orbit
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 3 months ago2 Dwarf Planets Are Hiding Something IncredibleSouthwest Research Institute The outer reaches of the...
Fomalhaut's hidden debris rings revealed in amazing detail by JWST
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed previously unseen details of the...
Astronomers discover most eccentric young star system
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAstronomers have discovered the most eccentric, off-kilter belt of comets surrounding a nearby star...
Webb telescope spots three debris belts around luminous star Fomalhaut
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere has been plenty of excitement in recent decades about planets detected orbiting various stars...
James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's impression of a blue comet with water vapor pouring off of it NASA's James Webb Space...
Spot dwarf planet Ceres during the new moon tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCeres will be at opposition on March 21, 2023, though you'll still need a telescope to see the dwarf planet. As the moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday...
New Horizons Pluto probe notches 3 new discoveries in outer solar system
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015....