Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...

Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...

Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known as trans-Neptunian objects, that is moving in ...

Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to follow the rules. Around Neptune in particular, a handful of newly charted ...

Astronomers studying the distant reaches of our Solar System have identified an unusual trans-Neptunian object (TNO) locked in a rare orbital configuration with Neptune. The object, discovered through ...

When you think of Neptune, you probably think of a rich blue planet with swirls visible within it. However, that isn't what Neptune looks like at all. In fact, the planet is more akin to the pale blue ...