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In about 5 billion years, the Sun will run out of hydrogen at its core. This will make it swell up into a red giant, as it ...
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.
Astronomers have just discovered a new celestial body in our solar system that could challenge major space theory. 2017 OF201 ...
A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...
Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...
Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...
Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to ...
The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...
Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...
A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.
The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...