A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen
17 December 2018
Astronomers have spotted a tiny world 18 billion kilometres away, the most distant dwarf planet we’ve ever seen, and it may help us find the elusive Planet X
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Super-Earth spotted hiding in plain sight around neighbouring star
14 November 2018
After years of searching, a planet several times larger than Earth has been discovered orbiting Barnard’s star – the closest star to Earth after the Alpha Centauri system
Pluto’s weird ridges may be glacial landforms unlike any on Earth
12 November 2018
Next to Pluto’s heart-shaped plains are strange rolling hills unlike anything we’ve seen on Earth, and they may be left over from receding ancient glaciers
Two new rogue planets that do not orbit stars have been discovered
9 November 2018
Astronmers have found two new planets that don't have stars. They are incredibly difficult to spot, but there may be more of them in the Milky Way than stars
Distant dwarf planet called 'The Goblin' could point to Planet X
2 October 2018
There is a 300-kilometre-wide ice world in the far reaches of the Solar System - and its orbit is consistent with the presence of the hypothetical Planet X
Mystery cold spot on Jupiter's moon Europa could be 'almost anything'
3 September 2018
The first full temperature map of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has revealed one spot that seems colder than anywhere else on the surface - but we have no clue why
Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago
18 July 2018
The outer solar system hosts a number of small bodies in mixed up orbits – and they may have been scattered there by a passing star
Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper
21 May 2018
An asteroid that has been orbiting backwards near Jupiter for billions of years may actually be an interstellar rock captured by our solar system
Frankenstein planets may form from the wreckage of dead worlds
17 May 2018
When stars die, they can explode and destroy any planets nearby. But new worlds could arise out of the debris and some could reach the mass of 10 Earths
Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare
10 April 2018
Bad news for life near Proxima Centauri – the star has been seen emitting explosive blasts of radiation that would destroy the ozone on its Earth-like planet
