By detecting frozen water in a distant protoplanetary disk located 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Nebula, JWST has unlocked new possibilities for life beyond our Solar System. The detection ...

This discovery provides crucial insights into early planetary formation and the potential for life beyond our solar system. JWST's NIRCam instrument observed these compounds, suggesting that the ...

A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond ...

It may be an ocean world ... like planet located far beyond Neptune would likely belong to a new class of planets,” said Lykawka, who added that theories of solar system and planet formation ...

This remarkable find offers insights into the origins of water and potential planetary systems beyond our Solar System. The disk, named 114-426, lies in the Orion Nebula. Located 1,300 light-years ...

Planet X, also called Planet Nine, is a hypothetical planetary body seven times the mass of Earth lurking behind Pluto. If ...

First discovered in 1997, Chariklo is an icy asteroid, one of the building blocks of the solar system, but it’s also ... that orbits the Sun from way out beyond Jupiter and Neptune.

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

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The finding could change the way astronomers understand moons dominated by subsurface global oceans in our solar system, such as Jupiter’s moon Europa and planets beyond our solar system.

New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based ... or 'planetesimals,' orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. They never accreted into planets, and serve ...