Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days — the ...

The solar system is composed of the sun, eight major planets, five dwarf planets, over a hundred moons, and countless comets ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

Red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy, and understanding how planets form around them is therefore essential. Yet, until now, we had never observed this arrangement around this type of ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

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What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

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