Solar System
Where’s the Line Between Massive Planet and Brown Dwarf Star?
Astronomers have debated which objects are gas giants like Jupiter, and which are more correctly called brown dwarfs. A new…
This is the Surface of a Giant Star, 350 Times Larger Than the Sun
Using the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, an international team of astronomers has created the first detailed images of another…
Researchers Develop a New Low Cost/Low Weight Method of Searching for Life on Mars
Researchers at McGill University are developing what they call the Life Detection Platform, a compact, robotic, energy-efficient system for detecting…
Yes Please! NASA is Considering a Helicopter Mission to Titan
NASA has chosen the Dragonfly mission concept as a finalist in its New Frontiers program. The double-quadcopter drone is designed…
You Can Now Use Google Maps to Explore the Solar System
Thanks to the over 500,000 pictures taken by the Cassini mission, Google Maps has created a mapping tool that allows…
More Evidence Presented in Defense of Planet 9
A new study by a team from the University of Michigan has shown how Planet 9 could have prevented TNOs…
Hubble Spots Unique Object in the Main Asteroid Belt
An international team of scientists recently used the Hubble space telescope to spot a unique binary asteroid that behaves like…
New Study Says Primordial Asteroid Belt was Empty
A new study by a team from the University of Bordeaux has turned the Asteroid Belt's origins on its head,…
New Study Indicates that Planet 9 Likely Formed in the Solar System
A new study by a team of astronomers from the UK and Switzerland explores how Planet 9 could have ended…
Exoplanet-Hunting Aliens Could Be Looking at Earth Right Now!
A new study by a team of European astrophysicists has turned exoplanet-hunting on its head by asking "could aliens detect…