The Sun and its planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune The different planets have different properties and conditions. In general, as the distance from the ...

These are known as Kuiper Belt objects or KBOs, and astronomers have just found hints of an unexpected rise in their density, ...

Survey observations using the Subaru Telescope's ultra-widefield prime focus camera have revealed that there may be a ...

Data sent back by the two Voyager spacecraft have shed new light on the structure of the Solar System. Forty-two years after they were launched, the spacecraft are still going strong and exploring ...

Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified previously unknown celestial bodies in the outer Solar System, ...

The findings revealed that the the Martian mantle's active processes may be fueling the growth of Olympus Mons, the largest ...

The outer Solar System has been a treasure trove of discoveries in recent decades. Using ground-based telescopes, astronomers ...

Scientists creating a gravity map of Mars have discovered the presence of mysterious large-scale structures hidden beneath a ...

The Milky Way’s outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to a ...

To support its ongoing exploration of the outer Solar System, astronomers here on Earth ... but high enough to constitute a new structure. In the region between 55 and 70 astronomical units ...