The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the solar system's "small bodies"—asteroids, comets and other minor planets.. The Rubin Observatory, under ...

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near ...

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.

But this assumes that nothing affects the Solar System in the meantime, and that is not a certainty. As we travel around the galaxy, we might encounter stars, and even from a distance, they can ...

So many unexplored secrets still lie at the outskirts of our solar system, where a potential candidate for a new dwarf planet lies. Although space beyond Neptune was thought to be mostly devoid of ...

Enphase Energy, Inc. ENPH recently unveiled its IQ Balcony Solar System in Belgium. The basic Enphase IQ Balcony Solar Kit consists of two IQ8HC Microinverters, one IQ Balcony Gateway, IQ Cables ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar ...

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

In a striking new finding, astronomers have uncovered what they say is the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from ...

The Sun, the planets, and all the other flotsam and jetsam that constitute the solar system are so insignificant that we can consider the entire mass a point in space. No matter where you might ...

What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be? From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest ...