Articles about Solar system

Sorcha simulation of Rubin Observatory discoveries

Software suggests Rubin Observatory will discover millions of solar system objects

A new type of computer simulation predicts that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will discover millions of previously… Read More

Astronomers spot 20 more moons of Saturn — and want you to help name them

Saturn has pulled ahead of Jupiter again in the moon discovery race, thanks to a batch of 20 outer moons… Read More

Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman

The scientists behind NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have released the sharpest possible view of the mission’s latest target, a smooshed-in… Read More

Watch New Horizons probe ring in the New Year with record-setting Ultima Thule flyby

LAUREL, Md. — The sleeping bags are rolled out and the videos are cued up for a New Year’s celebration of… Read More

Farout! Astronomers identify the most distant known object in our solar system

Astronomers say they’ve discovered the most distant body ever observed in our solar system, a potential dwarf planet that’s about… Read More

NASA says its Voyager 2 probe has entered interstellar space, six years after Voyager 1

NASA says its Voyager 2 probe has become the second human-made object to fly into interstellar space — six years after… Read More

12 years after launch, New Horizons probe zeroes in on mysterious Ultima Thule

Act Two of the 12-year-old New Horizons mission to Pluto and the solar system’s icy Kuiper Belt is heating up, with… Read More

Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’

While searching for a hypothetical Planet Nine, astronomers found a distant mini-world that’s been given a spooky nickname: “The Goblin.”… Read More

Hunt for Planet Nine leads to mini-worlds

The hypothetical world known as Planet X or Planet Nine hasn’t yet been found, but thanks to the search, astronomers have discovered smaller… Read More