New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...

An international team led by the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) and Montreal published the first results today from the NIRPS ...

Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar ...

Ever since the International Astronomical Union recognized Haumea and Makemake as dwarf planets in 2008, University of Maine ...

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

Ammonite was discovered using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, with follow-up confirmation from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Its orbit and size ...

AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) - Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger. Two new ...

Espinoza is a leader in the new massive James Webb Space Telescope study of rocky worlds, specifically to find out if planets around red dwarfs could have air. The campaign, first reported by Mashable ...