Search results for: solar system
Solid diamonds rain from the sky on Uranus
8-26-2017 |
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The gas giant is home to one of the most remarkable weather events found anywhere in the solar system.
Mysterious Mars-sized 'Planet Ten' proposed
6-23-2017 | 8
Astronomers have suggested that there may be more than one mystery planet in the outer solar system.
NASA discovers 10 near-Earth size exoplanets
6-19-2017 | 16
Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.
Astronomers discover familiar solar system
5-3-2017 | 4
A young solar system located a mere 10 light years away appears to be remarkably similar to our own.
NASA proposes redefining the word 'planet'
2-20-2017 | 20
The move, if successful, could mean that our own solar system actually has more than 100 planets in it.
NASA announces two new asteroid missions
1-8-2017 | 0
Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
Could Planet Nine explain sun tilt mystery ?
10-25-2016 | 19
A large planet lurking in the outer solar system could be causing the sun's rotational axis to tilt.
New dwarf planet discovered beyond Neptune
7-12-2016 | 5
Astronomers have identified a previously unknown dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system.
'10 planets or more' within our solar system
6-15-2016 | 6
A Cambridge scientist maintains that there may be far more planets in the solar system than we realize.
Dwarf planet is third largest in solar system
5-12-2016 | 14
Despite being comparable in size to Pluto and Eris, this enigmatic world has yet to even be given a name.
Possible Earth 2.0 found 16 light years away
4-20-2016 | 23
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
Cassini samples interstellar dust particles
4-18-2016 | 6
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
3-31-2016 | 25
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
3-29-2016 | 56
The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
Search narrows for mysterious Planet Nine
2-24-2016 | 22
Astronomers in France have managed to narrow down the area in which the new planet could be located.
Planet takes 1 million years to orbit its sun
1-26-2016 | 16
Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
'Strong evidence' in case for 9th planet
1-21-2016 | 49
Astronomers in the US believe that there could be a large undiscovered planet in our own solar system.
Debate rages on over recent 'Planet X' claims
12-15-2015 | 15
Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
Most distant object in our solar system found
11-12-2015 | 41
Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
Will we ever be able to visit 'Earth 2.0' ?
8-3-2015 | 32
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
