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Feb. 10, 2021 —Astronomers have confirmed that a faint object discovered in 2018 and nicknamed 'Farfarout' is indeed the most distant object yet found in our Solar System. The object has just received its ...
Sep. 9, 2022 —Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet could possibly be -- or is it? If Jupiter's orbit changes, a new study shows Earth could be more hospitable than it is ...
Mar. 7, 2023 —A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a recent ...
Mar. 28, 2023 —Asteroids sharing their orbits with the planet Neptune have been observed to exist in a broad spectrum of red color, implying the existence of two populations of asteroids in the region, according to ...
Sep. 30, 2020 —Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new ...
May 26, 2022 —So far, we haven't discovered any exoplanets with co-orbital objects. A new study suggests tides could be causing oscillations that remove co-orbitals before we can find ...
Oct. 2, 2021 —In a distant star system -- a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth -- researchers may have identified the first known planet to orbit three ...
Jan. 13, 2022 —An astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing ...
Oct. 27, 2021 —When planets form, they usually continue their orbital evolution in the equatorial plane of their star. However, an international team, led by astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), ...
Mar. 8, 2021 —Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may play host to a giant planet with average surface temperatures of 5,390 degrees ...