A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Launched in August 2018, the Parker Solar Probe has been on a trajectory designed to bring it progressively closer to the Sun ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

Astronomers have just discovered a new celestial body in our solar system that could challenge major space theory. 2017 OF201 ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

OF201, a distant dwarf planet candidate with a rare orbit that questions the existence and stability of the Planet Nine theory.

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system. It's ...

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...

OF201 spends only 1% of its orbital time close enough to us to be detectable. The presence of this single object suggests ...

The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...

"Meanwhile, its perihelion — the closest point on its ... the most distant region in our solar system, which is home to many comets, and then sent back." The findings could challenge the Planet ...