Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

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Astronomers have confirmed a new planet in one of the youngest solar systems ever found, thanks to University of Arizona ...

As the number of exoplanet detections has breached 6,000 and continues to grow, scientists are finding a wide variety of ...

Scientists have recently unveiled an extraordinary discovery: a massive ‘interstellar tunnel’ that appears to link our Solar System with distant stars. This finding, which blurs the boundaries between ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration showing Planet Nine, a hypothetical, undiscovered planet in our solar system. New research now suggests the ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...