For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational ...

Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery at the outer edge of our solar system—a strange space rock that dances in ...

A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.

An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...

Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known as trans-Neptunian objects, th ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar ...

Harvard & Smithsonian have discovered a rare trans-Neptunian object, 2020 VN40, orbiting in perfect sync with Neptune.

There is no danger of 2020 VN 40 colliding with Neptune, as the orbit of this distant world is very inclined with respect to ...