A Mysterious Warp at the Edge of the Solar System May Point to the Existence of a Hidden “Planet Y”
A strange tilt in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt has scientists wondering if the solar system…
Scientists think they found evidence of a hidden planet beyond Neptune and they are calling it Planet Y
The Kuiper Belt is home to rocky, icy bodies left over from the formation of the solar system.…
Is ‘Oumuamua a piece of ancient solar system? Scientists think it came from ‘exo-Pluto’
1I/’Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to visit our solar system in 2017, belongs to a completely new class…
1st known interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua is an ‘exo-Pluto’ — a completely new class of object, scientists say
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Is There Actually A Ninth Planet In Our Solar System? Here’s What We Know
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn’t by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by…
What if Jupiter vanished? Here’s why Earth depends on its giant guardian..
If Jupiter disappeared tomorrow, the change would not be immediately catastrophic. The planets would continue in their orbits…
Why is Kuiper Belt the most mysterious and wildest cosmic zone?
Pluto and Arrokoth are the two famous residents of this region, but some people think that there could…
How small is Earth? Exploring the vast scale of galaxies, clusters and beyond
From the ground beneath our feet to the farthest reaches of intergalactic space, the universe stretches far beyond…
What did Voyager 2 discover on Neptune’s moon Triton and why did it shock scientists?
Before 1989, expectations for Triton were minimal. Scientists anticipated a cratered, frozen moon, similar to other outer Solar…
How Voyager 2’s discoveries at Uranus and Neptune changed planetary science forever
Voyager 2’s closest approach to Neptune came on August 25, 1989, at just under 5,000 kilometres from the…