Theorbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune may have been altered by the fly-by of an enormous object from deep space, billions of years ago. According to a pre-print research paper, which is yet ...

A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories observed today, a new study says. Interactions with ...

"Even with just early, engineering-quality data, Rubin discovered 11,000 asteroids and measured more precise orbits for tens ...

Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to follow the rules. Around Neptune in particular, a handful of newly charted ...

Scientists have been trying to find a hypothetical Planet 9 that may exist outside our known solar system based on the unusual orbits of certain dwarf planets. But those orbits might not require a ...

Artemis is headed for Earth's moon, but thanks to the Hanford Reach Solar System, Uranus, Saturn and even Neptune are in your ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

A new study suggests that a close encounter with a massive interstellar object, possibly eight times the mass of Jupiter, may ...

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already discovered over 11,000 asteroids in just weeks, revealing a faster way to map ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.