Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. As of 2019, its distance from the Sun is 88 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.

When scientists look to the skies for clues about life's origins, water is one of the first things they seek. Life, as it's ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ...

Astronomers have obtained detailed images of two protoplanets forming around the PDS 70 star system, located 370 light-years away in the Centaurus constellation. These planets are still surrounded by ...

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The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged carbon dioxide in a planetary system beyond our own for the first time.

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

As civilisations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It’s likely that an advanced civilisation ...

Parella’s Pals for March 21, 2025 features an epic solar system by Darby Smith who attends Blythe Academy of Languages.