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Welcome to SolarBalls! Space animation filled with fun, entertaining animations that also help you learn about the solar system, and the universe. If you like space animations and comedy - then th ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

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

"For example, Saturn has 95 times more mass than Earth, but it is the least dense planet in the solar ... a ball on Saturn is nothing special. The truly remarkable throw happens on Pluto, the ...

song, Interplanet Janet. Upon the discovery of its existence in 1930, Pluto enjoyed decades of special status as one of the solar system's planets. Then, in the summer of 2006, Pluto was demoted.

Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...

Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006, when it got a cosmic demotion that still stings space fans. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for ...

Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the solar system formed This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe.