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 ...

"Our solar system’s Kuiper Belt long appeared to be very small in comparison with many other planetary systems, but our ...

The Kuiper belt is a collection of such bodies that orbits at the edge of the solar system. Rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu contain some of the molecular building blocks of life on Earth ...

Scientists are exploring the possibility of a hidden ninth planet in our solar system. The planet, dubbed Planet Nine, is believed to exist beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. Researchers have ...

In the Kuiper belt, a dark region extending far beyond ... As Uranus and Neptune plowed through zones of the solar system that were still full of icy planetesimals, they triggered a devastating ...

Behind the planets in the solar system is the Kuiper Belt. An inventory of similar structures around other stars shows how unusual it is. A research team has used several telescopes to take images ...