Published in Nature Astronomy, the new images show two belts around Fomalhaut that could be analogous to the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper belts in our Solar System ... Wishing you clear skies and ...

"This object is not just an asteroid that experienced a one-off event that caused it to show activity one time, but is an inherently active, icy body similar to other comets from the outer solar ...

Last month, astronomers got a shock when they spotted what appeared to be an object from outside our Solar System cruising ... and incredibly odd picture of what the asteroid looked like.

But arguably, it's the ugly duckling, ancient asteroids that are providing us with a better understanding of how our solar system evolved ... bodies in the main asteroid belt.

Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their ... worlds outside the solar system that may be habitable.

Researchers have observed the first object of its kind - a carbon-rich asteroid ... solar system... where they could remain today. Seccull says that there are more objects in the Kuiper Belt ...