Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead ...

When we accounted for their material strength, we discovered something ... internal activity long after their formation. The implications extend beyond Pluto and Charon. Other binary systems ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto, may not have survived its recent trip past the sun and is fading fast.

This discovery nearly doubles the known ... A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, was formed billions of years ago through a rare "kiss-and-capture" collision in the Kuiper ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto ... first formed,” said Jason Ybarra, director of the West Virginia University Planetarium and Observatory. The newest comet was discovered ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto ... first formed,” said Jason Ybarra, director of the West Virginia University Planetarium and Observatory. The newest comet was discovered ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto, has been ... when the solar system first formed,” said Jason Ybarra, director of the West Virginia University Planetarium and Observatory. The ...

Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, dubbed Planet Nine, could explain the unusual clustering ...

A news discovered comet, Comet SWAN ... Originating from the distant Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto, the comet had been captivating observers with its distinctive tail, visible through telescopes ...