The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

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The planets in solar do not have circular orbit around the Sun, including Earth which goes around in an elliptical orbit. A ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An object has been discovered orbiting the sun far beyond ...

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 ...

Scientists have found evidence of a previously-undetected dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system. The object, dubbed 2017 OF201, follows an extreme, oblong orbit, taking some 25,000 Earth years ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the possible orbit of a new exoplanet around two brown dwarfs, or failed stars, 120 light years away. (L. Calçada/ESO via ...

The Sun's activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...