The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered a groundbreaking view of the early solar system, focusing on icy celestial bodies such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. These ...

Discover what astronomers are learning about an ancient ice giant traveling through our solar system that's a strange hybrid ...

A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...

"Solar system formation models using the new solar composition successfully reproduce the compositions of large Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, in light of the ...

These solar system objects are like icy asteroids and have orbits comparable ... population based on their orbital properties and surface colors, but the molecular composition of these objects ...

Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore, their primitive composition means that they offer a window into the ...

These solar system objects are like icy asteroids and ... on their orbital properties and surface colors, but the molecular composition of these objects remained poorly understood.