Bright object beyond Pluto may be the solar system’s sixth dwarf planet
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has found what might be a new dwarf planet in our solar system, orbiting the sun on an inclined plane past Pluto.
Stunning video captures a whole year of our sun’s chaotic corona
NASA’s PUNCH mission is showing a rarely seen aspect of our nearest star—the churning chaos of the solar corona
‘Freakish’ discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Atacama wasn’t always a desert
A 9 million-year-old capybara tooth was found in the Atacama Desert, a surprising find given that these rodents love water.
‘We may need to think differently’: Star system with ‘backward’ planet moving the wrong way around its star has scientists puzzled
A newly discovered exoplanet orbits its star backward, and it's a mystery why. The system and others like it could shed light on how some complex planetary systems form.