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

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life, including sugars — on trans-Neptunian objects.

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 found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis.

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.

Discovered through the Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy (FOSSIL) survey using the Subaru Telescope in ...

There has been the discovery of an odd TNO or trans-Neptunian object. It sits beyond Neptune in the outer solar system. This one is 160,000 times fainter than Neptune, which means the icy world could ...

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

There could be at least two unknown planets hidden well beyond Pluto, whose gravitational influence determines the orbits and strange distribution of objects observed beyond Neptune. This has been ...

Tucson's Planetary Science Institute contributes to tracking mystery space objects that help reveal secrets of the solar ...

The trans-Neptunian object pair is much closer to each other than other such objects. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. NEWSLETTER SIGNUP. My account; Log Out; Aug 27, 11:44 PM EDT. World; U.S.

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 ...