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Published New giant planet evidence of possible planetary collisions - New Giant Planet: Evidence of Possible Planetary Collisions


A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers...
Published Team studies binaries to make heads or tails of planet formation - Team Studies Binaries to Make Heads or Tails of Planet Formation


A team studied the orientation of distant solar system bodies to bolster the 'streaming instability'...
Published Crater counts on Pluto, Charon show small Kuiper Belt objects surprisingly rare - Crater Counts on Pluto and Charon Reveal Surprising Lack of Small Kuiper Belt Objects


Using New Horizons data from the Pluto-Charon flyby in 2015, scientists have indirectly discovered a...
Published Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve - Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve


A team of astrophysicists studying an enormous and bizarre young planet approximately 300 lights yea...
Published 'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto - Plutoid: The New Name for Solar System Objects Like Pluto



The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets lik...
Published MICROSCOPE mission presents most precise test of general relativity's weak equivalence principle - MICROSCOPE Mission Presents Most Precise Test of General Relativity's Weak Equivalence Principle


Researchers present the most precise test yet of the weak equivalence principle, a key component of...
Published Space weather model gives earlier warning of satellite-killing radiation storms - Space Weather Model Gives Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms


A new machine-learning computer model accurately predicts damaging radiation storms caused by the Va...
Published Evidence supports 'hot start' scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto - Evidence Supports 'Hot Start' Scenario and Early Ocean Formation on Pluto


A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans w...
Published New Horizons successfully explores Ultima Thule - New Horizons Successfully Explores Ultima Thule


NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering...
Published How a moon slows the decay of Pluto's atmosphere - How a Moon Slows the Decay of Pluto's Atmosphere


A new study provides additional insight into relationship between Pluto and its moon, Charon, and ho...
Published NASA's New Horizons mission reveals entirely new kind of world - NASA's New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World


Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant o...
Published Asteroid's comet-like tail Is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal - Asteroid's Comet-Like Tail Is Not Made of Dust, Solar Observatories Reveal



We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a ta...
Published First ultraviolet imaging of Sun's middle corona - First Ultraviolet Imaging of Sun's Middle Corona


Researchers have discovered web-like plasma structures in the Sun's middle corona. The researchers d...
Published Hubble captures birth of giant storm on Neptune - Hubble Captures Birth of Giant Storm on Neptune


Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope document the formation of a Great Dark Spot on Neptune fo...
Published A more precise model of the Earth's ionosphere - A More Precise Model of the Earth's Ionosphere



The ionosphere -- the region of geospace spanning from 60 to 1000 kilometers above the Earth -- impa...
Published Modeling reveals how dwarf planet Ceres powers unexpected geologic activity - Modeling Reveals How Dwarf Planet Ceres Powers Unexpected Geologic Activity



For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, according to a geoscientist. A dwarf planet and the la...
Published Physicists discovered special transverse sound wave - Physicists Discover Special Transverse Sound Wave: A Breakthrough in Acoustics


A research team has discovered a new type of sound wave: the airborne sound wave vibrates transverse...
Published Consistent asteroid showers rock previous thinking on Mars craters - Consistent Asteroid Showers Rock Previous Thinking on Mars Craters


New research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars h...
Published Moon mission delays could increase risks from solar storms - Moon Mission Delays Could Increase Risks from Solar Storms


Although patterns in the timing of moderate space weather events are known, the most extreme and dan...
Published Scientists image a bright meteoroid explosion in Jupiter's atmosphere - Scientists Image a Bright Meteoroid Explosion in Jupiter's Atmosphere


From aboard the Juno spacecraft, an instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright fl...