The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Our solar system is probably on the mild side compared ... New Horizons to examine at least one other body in the Kuiper belt. Powerful new telescopes planned for the next decade will expose ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Every object in our Solar System is held in place by the Sun’s ... The largest object is the asteroid belt is the dwarf planet Ceres, which is 950km in diameter (that's about the same the ...

If there is a black hole, it's at least 20 times farther from Earth than the furthest planet, Neptune, in a distant region of our solar system called the extended Kuiper Belt. The belt is home to ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Exocometary belts are found in at least 20% of planetary systems, including our own solar system," said Luca Matrà, Associate Professor in Trinity's School of Physics, and senior author of the ...

However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris were the only five that we knew about up until very recently. Ceres is in the asteroid belt between Mars ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

located in the Kuiper Belt. Methane detected on their surfaces has the tell-tale signs ... A New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring ...