The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

The Kuiper Belt serves as a preserved relic of our Solar System's infancy. Its distance from the Sun, ranging from 30 to 50 ...

Astrophysicists have achieved a major breakthrough by capturing images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. Using the ...

Behind the planets in the solar system is the Kuiper Belt. An inventory of similar structures around other stars shows how unusual it is.

A close encounter with a mysterious interstellar object could explain the current orbits of several of Earth’s largest ...

located in the Kuiper Belt. Methane detected on their surfaces has the tell-tale signs ... A New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring ...

Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar ...