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Distant solar system object 'Farout' discovered
Dec 18, 2018Astronomers have identified the farthest known object in our solar system at a distance of 11 billion miles.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
Oct 16, 2018Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
New dwarf planet 'The Goblin' discovered
Oct 2, 2018The important new find also hints at the presence of another, much larger planet in the outer solar system.
Ganymede generates powerful magnetic waves
Aug 8, 2018Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede is producing 'chorus waves' one million times more powerful than average.
Meteorite found in Africa is older than the Earth
Aug 7, 2018Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
Rogue planet detected outside our solar system
Aug 4, 2018The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
'Super-Earth' most likely candidate for life
Aug 2, 2018A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
Twelve new moons discovered around Jupiter
Jul 17, 2018The discovery means that the gas giant has a total of 79 moons - more than any other planet in the solar system.
Interstellar visitor may actually be a comet
VIDEO Jun 28, 2018Originally classed as an asteroid, the object known as 'Oumuamua is now believed to be a comet.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
Jun 9, 2018Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
Probe to study solar system's protective bubble
Jun 4, 2018NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Interstellar interloper found near Jupiter
May 21, 2018An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
May 18, 2018A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
Mysterious 'exiled' asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
May 11, 2018An asteroid from the earliest days of the solar system has been found four billion kilometers from Earth.
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan
Apr 17, 2018A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
'Alien visitor' asteroid had a violent past
Feb 12, 2018The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
'Ingredients for life' found in meteorites
Jan 15, 2018Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
Alien chemistry of the Hypatia stone revealed
Jan 10, 2018The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
Visiting asteroid has 'strange organic coat'
Dec 18, 2017Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
NASA finds entire solar system like our own
VIDEO Dec 14, 2017The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
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