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Planets March 14, 2019

Dust ring discovered in Mercury's orbit

Two dusty discoveries may shake up our understanding of the inner solar system.

Planets March 11, 2019

Evidence for mysterious Planet Nine continues to mount, could be ' solar system's missing link'

Evidence for Planet Nine continues to mount, as two new studies offer support of its existence, even if NASA and space researchers have yet to find it.

Planets March 11, 2019

How a distant alien world was saved from an interstellar exile

A distant alien world that was potentially on its way into exile in interstellar space was rescued by the gravitational pull of a passing pair of stars, a new study argues.

Planets March 8, 2019

Newfound 'FarFarOut' is most distant solar system body ever seen

The solar system has a new distance champ.

NASA February 26, 2019

NASA was able to recreate the 'origins of life' and the results are shocking

A new NASA study has recreated the origins of life, building the ocean's floors from 4 billion years ago as humanity attempts to understand how life started on Earth and where else it might be found.

Planets February 22, 2019

Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's smallest moon has a name (and a violent past)

A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore.

Astronomy February 20, 2019

Searching for Planet Nine, scientist finds ancient star with mysterious rings

The hunt for Planet Nine has so far eluded researchers, but one citizen scientist working on a project to find the evasive celestial body has found something just as remarkable – a 3-billion-year-old dwarf star that has dust rings circling it.

Planets February 1, 2019

Stunning new map of the Milky Way shows 800 million stars, galaxies and near-earth asteroids

At first, it looks like a planet: dark, snow-speckled and slashed down the center by a deep red scar.

Planets January 29, 2019

Missing link found? Mysterious space rock may provide clues to how planets form

Described as the "missing link," scientists have discovered an object in deep space they believe may hold the secrets to how planets are formed.

Planets January 28, 2019

Saturn's biggest moon Titan may bake its own atmosphere

The dense atmosphere roiling on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may come from organic material baking in the moon's interior.

Planets January 21, 2019

Planet Nine may not exist but another mysterious object deep in the solar system could be lurking

There has been much speculation about the existence of Planet Nine and its impact on distant objects in the solar system. But a new study suggests that some of the farthest celestial bodies in our planetary system aren't being impacted by this yet-to-be-discovered planet, but rather another mysterious object deep in the echoes of space.