open image in gallery An artist’s impression of Voyager I passing the rings of Saturn on its journey to the outer reaches of the solar system (Getty) It was also a complicated process because ...

If you travel far enough away from the Sun, the Solar System becomes a lot more populated. Out past the orbit of Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast, ring-shaped field of icy rocks. This is where ...

Some space conspiracy theories just won't go away.

“Every single time,” Brown says, “there’s this little charge of, ‘Oh my God, this little ice ball at the edge of the solar system has never before been seen by human eyes until this very ...

This indicated that it had crossed the "heliopause" - the term for the outer edge of the Sun's protective ... Scientists define the Solar System in different ways, so Prof Stone has always been ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Planet Nine, a massive icy world, may be lurking at the outer edge of our solar system, awaiting discovery by advanced telescopes. "It's really difficult to explain the solar system without Planet ...

Below, we take a look at the 10 strongest solar flares between Jan. 1 and Dec. 10, 2024. This X3.38 flare, which occurred over the southwestern edge of the sun, would have measured much higher if ...

A New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much ...