According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...

Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery at the outer edge of our solar system—a strange space rock that dances in ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational ...

An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...

New evidence suggests that billions of years ago, a star may have passed very close to our solar system. As a result, ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

Our solar system has a mysterious new object! Trans-Neptunian body takes nearly 300 years to travel around the sun - and could help in the search for Planet Nine, astronomers say.

In addition to the newly reported trans-Neptunian objects, Sheppard and Trujillo also discovered another in 2014, which they nicknamed "Biden," after the American Vice President.

The trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, also known as Ultima Thule, which NASA's space probe New Horizons passed on New Year's Day 2019, may have changed its shape significantly in the first 100 ...