The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get their name from their orbits. These dwarf planets orbit the sun at a ...

Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery at the outer edge of our solar system—a strange space rock that dances in ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond ...

Our solar system has a mysterious new object! Trans-Neptunian body takes nearly 300 years to travel around the sun - and could help in the search for Planet Nine, astronomers say.

An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...

In a groundbreaking discoverypublished in The Planetary Science Journal, a team of astronomers led by the Center for ...

Extreme trans-Neptunian objects and the Kozai mechanism: signalling the presence of trans-Plutonian planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters , 2014; 443 (1): L59 DOI: 10 ...

The trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, also known as Ultima Thule, which NASA's space probe New Horizons passed on New Year's Day 2019, may have changed its shape significantly in the first 100 ...

In addition to the newly reported trans-Neptunian objects, Sheppard and Trujillo also discovered another in 2014, which they nicknamed "Biden," after the American Vice President.

Of the 461 objects described for the first time in the new paper, a few stand out. Nine are known as extreme trans-Neptunian objects, which have orbits that swing out at least 150 AUs from the sun.

Trans-Neptunian objects suggest that there are more planets in the solar system Peer-Reviewed Publication. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology ...