A large international team of astronomers has discovered that ... In February of this year, a ring was discovered around Quaoar, which called into question theories regarding how ring systems ...

Quaoar was discovered on June 4, 2002 by California Institute of Technology astronomers Michael ... unintentionally discovered a second ring, named Q2R, orbiting in between Quaoar and Q1R. Unlike the ...

The discovery was published recently in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters. Scientists still do not fully understand how dust and gas in the early solar system coalesced into moons and ...

Star Fomalhaut has dusty little secret – two more debris belts and a potential planetary party Astronomers (re)discover never-before-seen phenomenon on Saturn Ring system discovered around dwarf ...

The Pinwheel Galaxy has a new bright spot. Astronomers and amateurs alike are excited about a new star explosion visible in small telescopes. The new supernova popped into visibility on May 19 in ...

Now, astronomers at MIT and the University of Wisconsin ... This Neptune-sized candidate orbits its star in around 10 days, and is slightly farther away, 1,200 light years from Earth.

Astronomers and amateurs alike are excited about a new star explosion visible in small telescopes. The new supernova popped into visibility on May 19 in the Pinwheel Galaxy, (also designated as ...

Astronomers and amateurs alike are excited about a new star explosion visible in small telescopes. The new supernova popped into visibility on May 19 in the Pinwheel Galaxy, (also designated as ...