You probably already know that gravity can greatly influence cosmic objects as they make their way through space. We see this constantly in how the Sun's gravity causes planets to orbit it. And even ...

A lone body, making one passage around the Sun for every ten by Neptune, is rewriting the rules of planetary dynamics in the outermost reaches of our solar system. The discovery of 2020 VN40 a ...

Astronomers might have found evidence of a structure located farbeyond Neptune, potentially giving us clues about the solar system’s primordial past. This discovery involves a dense concentration of ...

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A new computer simulation shakes up the popular theory for how distant space rocks called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) formed during the earliest days of our solar system. Past models for TNO ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system ...

Scientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing what asteroids may have been like in the early days of the solar system. When you purchase through ...

A neighbouring star getting too close to our solar system could drive it into pandemonium. Simulations suggest that a fly-by star would only need to nudge Neptune’s position by three times the ...