Tag: planet
Solar System’s Most Distant Planetoid Confirmed
A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawai?i Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object ever observed in our solar system.
New planets discovered beyond Neptune
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system, including more than 100 new discoveries.
Telescope observes exoplanet where it rains iron
Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron.
The ghost of Cassiopeia
About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula.
A dozen new moons of Jupiter discovered, including one ‘oddball’
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found -11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to 79.