With 3.2 billion pixels and a decade-long search, the Rubin Observatory will reveal what’s been hiding in plain sight.

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

In a few days, the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are to be presented. Simulations are now raising ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system.