A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

The ring system is around a dwarf planet, named Quaoar, which is approximately half the size of Pluto and orbits the Sun beyond Neptune. The discovery, published in Nature, was made by an ...

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home. The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, made up of ...

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 years ...

The unexpected size of the newly discovered world ... Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. The planet-hunting mission, launched in 2018, surveys the light of the nearest and ...

ONE OF THE FIRST EXHIBITS INSIDE DISCOVERY ... kids are laughing and exploring, getting a chance to touch lightning. Across the room, a heat-sensing camera helps to teach about light, or solar ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it's the largest one in our solar system. And now ... total number of confirmed moons to 92.The discovery was made during observations by ...

Astronomers have made an incredible discovery of a large molecular cloud located just ... “When we look through our telescopes, we catch whole solar systems in the act of forming, but we don’t know in ...