The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...

An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...

Astronomers just found a distant space rock called 2020 VN40, orbiting the Sun way out past Neptune. This icy object takes about 164 years to make one lap around the Sun—talk about a long trip! The ...

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...

Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.

A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian said in a statement. "It shows that even very distant ...

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday ...