Astronomers have found a new minor planet beyond Pluto. This object, named 2017 OF201, is quite large. It orbits far from the ...

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

In a thrilling development that challenges long-held assumptions about the outer reaches of our solar system, astronomers ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the growth and development of ...