With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...

The Kuiper Belt, a vast region beyond Neptune, has long been a source of intrigue for astronomers and space enthusiasts.

Beyond the edge of Neptune, a distant realm of icy debris known as the Kuiper Belt stretches deep into space. This frozen ...

That’s exactly what happens at Kelly’s Tavern in Neptune City, where the humble Reuben sandwich has achieved legendary status ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, ...

Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the existence of a theoretical Planet Nine.

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ... that icy objects in the Kuiper Belt tend to cluster in a specific ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

The belt is a region in a disc format, much further from the cosmic structure. The closest example we currently have is the Neptune belt, formed by ice bodies and dwarf planets like Pluto. In the ...

Spotting 2017 OF201 beyond the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped section of space past the orbit of Neptune filled with icy debris, suggests the region may not be as empty as previously thought.