Tag: solar system
Evidence on Mercury’s inner core is indeed solid
In order to explore the interior of a planet, planetary scientists usually observe the planet spins and then measure how their probe orbits it....
New Neptune-to-Saturn-size planet orbiting between two previously known planets
Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data...
Solar system’s hidden Planet X may finally be spotted soon
Over the course of the past two decades, observational surveys have unveiled the intricate orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt, a field of icy...
Japanese astronomers spot new class of object in the Kuiper Belt
A team at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has discovered a new class of object that has long been thought to exist in...
Scientists finally know what time it is on Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. This gas giant actually has no solid surface...
Early protostar already has a warped disk
The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in planes that are at most around seven degrees offset from the equator of the...
Astronomers discovered the most-distant solar system object
Astronomers have recently detected the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. The object has been given the provisional designation 2018 VG18. 2018 VG18, nicknamed "Farout"...
NASA-funded rocket to view Sun with x-ray vision
Sun, the hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system. Most of the gas — 91 percent — is hydrogen....
Europa’s Ocean Ascending
In a new study by the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists studied new animation that demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa...
