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

The discovery, published in The Planetary Science Journal, was made through the Large inclination Distant Objects (LiDO) ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond ...

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letterssheds light on the mysterious internal heat of Uranus, solving a ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

“This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system,” said Dr. Rosemary Pike, lead researcher from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. “It shows that even very distant regions ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

Conversely, tailsitters relying solely on tilting rotors have the drawback of insufficient roll control authority in forward flight. This letter proposes a tilt-rotor tailsitter aircraft with both ...

A fiber optic tilt senor for simultaneous measurement of 2-D tilt angle and temperature is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The sensing head consists of two fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) ...

On the day Cedar Point’s newest coaster debuted, riders were left tilted longer than planned.