Why Can't We Find Planet 9? Deep in the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond Neptune and Pluto, something massive is ...
China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.
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 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 ...
In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds silently loop around their stars. Some drift as far as 10,000 times the distance ...
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 sun's outer atmosphere has recently been likened to a pufferfish, revealing fascinating new insights into our solar system. This unique comparison stems from the first verified maps of the Alfvén ...