A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...
Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar ...
Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously unknown world may be lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system. The ...
Earth’s orbit around the Sun defines everything we take for granted. Day and night, the seasons, and the steady presence of ...
In June 1983, newspaper headlines declared that NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft had left the solar system, crossing beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was the common view of the time: All of the solar ...
The orbit of 2023 KQ 14 (in red) compared to the orbits of the other three sednoids (in white). 2023 KQ 14 was discovered near its perihelion at a distance of 71 astronomical units (71 times the ...
The outer reaches of our Solar System continue to reveal a complex dynamical environment where the interplay of gravitational forces shapes the orbits of a myriad of distant bodies. Research in this ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...