Published in Nature Astronomy, the new images show two belts around Fomalhaut that could be analogous to the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper belts in our Solar System. Taking advantage of the stunning ...

It's large by asteroid standards but small by observable Kuiper Belt object standards ... the bodies occupying this region of the outer Solar System.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Kuiper Belt, well past the orbit of Neptune (artistic illustration). There may be an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system whose presence is revealed by the strange orbit of objects beyond ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

"Our Solar System’s Kuiper Belt long appeared to be very small in comparison with many other planetary systems," Fraser noted ...

There are large numbers of asteroids orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. There are also many in a region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. The solar system also ...

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are celestial bodies located in the outer solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, is home to a diverse array of icy bodies ...

located in the Kuiper Belt. Methane detected on their surfaces has the tell-tale signs ... A New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring ...

As well as naming the planets and their relative order from the sun, other components of the solar system are considered, including the asteroid belt, the dwarf planets, and beyond to the Kuiper ...