Researchers have discovered a white dwarf surrounded by a debris disk with 2 separate rings. It offers a possible glimpse of ...

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On Tuesday astronomers at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet candidate in a distant ...

Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

The small Solar System bodies (SSSBs) preserve records of the formation and evolution of the Solar System. In particular, the ...