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The Ghost of the Solar System: Why Can't We Find Planet 9? Deep in the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond Neptune and Pluto, something massive is hiding in the dark. Scientists call it ...

The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar ...

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to ...

We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older ...

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

Growing up in the 1960s at 288a Main Road on the outskirts of Northampton, Mark Haddon spent hours alone in the bathroom, the ...