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Somewhere beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt is bent. Not by much, and not in a way any known planet can account for. A study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters in ...

Looking at the Solar System, Jupiter and Uranus both have plenty of irregular moons. In supercomputer simulations, the ...

Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

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 dubbed ...

A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how planets form. Across our galaxy, astronomers routinely observe a ...