Eris and the Kuiper belt

A team of researchers used observations from the Webb Space Telescope (in white) to detect methane gas at Make-Make. Sharp emission peaks near 3.3 microns reveal methane in a gaseous state above the surface of Make-Make. A continuum model (in light blue) has been added for comparison. Gas emission peaks are identified where the observed spectrum rises above the continuum. An artist's impression of the surface of Make-Make is shown in the background. Credit: Courtesy of S. Protopapa, I. Wong/SwRI/STScI/NASA/ESA/CSA

Webb Telescope Discovers Gas for the First Time on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake

  • 2 תגובות
The discovery makes Make-Make only the second trans-Neptunian body, after Pluto, to have gas detected. The researchers suggest that it may have a thin atmosphere or be geologically active.
The newly discovered trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, hints at more hidden bodies beyond Neptune.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious new world at the edge of the solar system.

  • 4 תגובות
Trans-Neptunian object 2017 OF201, with a diameter of about 700 km and an extreme orbit of about 25,000 years, may be considered a dwarf planet – and hints at the existence of dozens of other hidden bodies beyond Neptune
Many objects have been discovered at the edge of the solar system. Figure: Avi Blizovsky using FLEX-1

Astronomers discover mysterious new objects beyond the edge of the solar system

  • No comments
Observations made with the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have revealed new objects in the outer region of the Solar System, pointing to a large, unknown population beyond the Kuiper Belt.
Close-up of Arrokoth by New Horizons. You can see that the "snowman" consists of two separate objects connected by a thin neck. An accidental collision of two such objects would shatter them rather than join them; The new study explains how the said connection was made. Photo courtesy of NASA

The birth of the "snowman" at the edge of the solar system

  • No comments
The Kuiper belt asteroid Ultima is hanging. Photo: New Horizons, NASA

The asteroid Ultima Thule - a summary of the findings of the New Horizons spacecraft so far

  • 6 תגובות
Dwarf Planet Candidate 2015 RR245 is in a fairly distant orbit, but is one of the few dwarf planets that can be visited by the New Horizons spacecraft. . Alex Parker/OSSOS, CC BY-SA

840 dwarf planets discovered beyond Neptune-Rahab - and what they can tell us

  • 4 תגובות
Visualization of the planetary ring surrounding the football-shaped dwarf planet, the Omiya. Source: IAA-CSIC/UHU.

A planetary ring has been discovered around the Umi dwarf planet

  • No comments
Didi, a distant object in the solar system with an estimated diameter of 635 km and is 3 times more distant than Pluto. Image: ALMA

Meet Didi, a distant and dim planetary body in our solar system

  • 4 תגובות
A diagram showing all the round bodies in the solar system with a diameter of less than 10,000 km. If the researchers' proposal is accepted, at least 110 bodies in the solar system will be defined as planets. Source: Montage by Emily Lakdawalla. Data from NASA / JPL, JHUAPL/SwRI , SSI, and UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA, processed by Gordan Ugarkovic, Ted Stryk, Bjorn Jonsson, Roman Tkachenko, and Emily Lakdawalla.

Why does a group of researchers want to reopen the debate on the definition of planets?

  • 5 תגובות
An artist's illustration of a possible ninth planet in our solar system. Illustration: Robert Hart, Clatech

Is the strange inclination of the sun caused by the influence of the ninth planet?

  • 7 תגובות
Artist's illustration of the landscape on the dwarf planet Sedna. David Gerdes of the University of Michigan says the surface of 2014 UZ224 will look similar.

A new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of the solar system

  • 2 תגובות
Illustration of the orbit of the dwarf planet RR245 (orange line), image: Alex Parker, OSSOS team

A dwarf planet has been discovered far beyond Pluto's orbit

  • 4 תגובות
The largest dwarf planets at the edge of the solar system. Source: Konkoly Observatory/András Pál, Hungarian Astronomical Association/Iván Éder, NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Is the largest world in the solar system that doesn't yet have a name about to finally get one?

  • No comments
The photograph in which the small moon around Maka-Maka, which received the nickname MK 2, was discovered. The moon is the pale spot above Maka-Maka. Source: NASA.

Maka-Maka not alone: ​​the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a moon orbiting the dwarf planet

  • 8 תגובות
This artist's illustration shows the possible appearance of the ninth planet from the Sun, which is likely to be composed mostly of gases similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning illuminates the night side. Illustration: Caltech

Indirect evidence for the existence of a ninth planet: a gas giant that orbits the Sun once every ten thousand years

  • 13 תגובות
Artist rendering of a trans-Neptunian object. The distant sun was reduced to a bright star 5 billion kilometers away. The Dark Energy Survey (DES) has now announced the discovery of several such objects, most likely dwarf planets like Pluto. Image: NASA

Look for dark energy and find more dwarf planets beyond Neptune-Rahab

  • 6 תגובות
2012 VP113, the most distant object in the Solar System, as of March 2014, as seen in successive observations two hours apart on November 5, 2012. The findings were published on March 27, 2014 in Nature

The most distant object in the solar system has been discovered (when it bypasses Sadna in part of its orbit) * The researchers: It is possible that there are objects at the edge of the solar system larger than the Earth

  • 5 תגובות
Three processed images from the sequence taken at the Wise Observatory showing the section of the sky before the eclipse, during the eclipse, and immediately after the eclipse.

Hide and seek star

  • No comments
An artist's impression of the surface of Maki-Maki, a dwarf planet whose orbit is far from that of Pluto. (ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger)

The mysteries of the disappearing atmosphere of Maki-Maki

  • One response
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Does the author of the book "Is God a Mathematician" believe in God?

  • 82 תגובות
Kuiper belt. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

Israeli and American researchers discovered for the first time a small object in the far reaches of the solar system

  • 5 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Climate change also on Eris

  • 3 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new body in the solar system has been named: the Umeya dwarf planet

  • 10 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid): Maki-Maki

  • 7 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The dwarf planet Eris is more massive than Pluto, according to a new study published by Eris Explorer

  • 3 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A dwarf planet will become the brightest comet

  • 3 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

From now on they said Eris and not Xena * From now on he is also a dwarf planet

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The strict ones won - Pluto loses its status as a planet and becomes a 'dwarf planet'

  • 5 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Commentary: Has Pluto degradated or not?

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Finally - the tenth planet is bigger than Pluto

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Zena, the tenth planet, has a moon - Gabriel

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

By Zina's luck

  • One response
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Astronomers: The tenth planet was discovered - apparently larger than Pluto and distant 97 YA

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Neptune in its journey to its current orbit created the Kuiper belt

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Tenth planet or just another Pluto

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A planet beyond Pluto - may be much larger than Jupiter

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The scientist - archive: 19.5 billion km from the sun

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

19.5 billion km from the sun

  • No comments
Science website logo
SEARCH