The boundary of the Solar System remains somewhat poorly understood. We know we are within it, in a region of space called ...

NASA scientists are suddenly turning their attention to Uranus, a planet long neglected and still largely unexplored.

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A new technology is allowing astronomers to take sharper than ever photographs of the night sky, revealing secrets of the solar system and the universe beyond. A close-up of the central region of the ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. 2023 KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite,” is a trans-Neptunian object ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...