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

Learn what this survey recorded of exocomet belts, which imaged and identified bands of every size.

Astrophysicists have imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. The crystal-clear images show light being emitted from these millimeter-sized ...

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

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 ...

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

The concept of Planet X, or Planet Nine, has captivated astronomers for decades. This hypothetical planet, theorized to be ...

An observatory on Maunakea played a pivotal role in a groundbreaking study that sheds light on the birth and evolution of ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Some are narrow rings, as in the canonical picture of a 'belt' like our solar system's Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. But a larger number of them are wide, and probably better described as 'disks' rather ...