A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts after 800 years, with scientists warning of decades of volcanic activity. Lava damages ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation ...

The challenge of getting such an ambitious project off the ground requires endless approvals and expert teams working ...

In 2022, the UK committed £615 million to ESA's core space science budget over a period of years, within an overall ...

The Kuiper Belt is a vast region beyond Neptune filled with icy remnants from the early solar system. Over 3,000 KBOs have ...

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

After 17 years of observation, researchers are certain that what they thought was a group of two celestial bodies is actually ...

NASA scientists have discovered Altjira system, a group of 3 space rocks in Kuiper Belt, providing evidence for the theory of ...