Space on MSN1d
Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew
We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
Live Science on MSN2d
Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.
Almost Everything We Know About Planet Uranus May Be Wrong
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...
CNN10d
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Our solar system ...
What If on MSN11d
What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?
"This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN6d
New research points to an undiscovered Earth-like planet in our solar system
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy bodies that holds the secrets to the solar system’s formation.
RANKED! 6 Fastest-Moving Planets in Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of Sun and celestial bodies bound to it by gravity, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets ...
Space on MSN10h
Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets
Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby.
Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN8d
Ancient asteroid grains reveal hidden magnetic past of our solar system
MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.