Because the Kuiper Belt had seemed small, one theory had been that the solar nebula that formed our planetary system had also been smaller than normal. The discovery of this Kuiper Belt 2 suggests ...

The newfound radiation belt is double-lobed, just like the radiation belts that encircle Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.But if the dwarf star's radiation belt were placed next to ...

After running a new kind of computer simulation, scientists believe the comet originated from a rarely seen corner of the ...

The first images of an extrasolar radiation belt were obtained by combining 39 radio telescopes to form a virtual telescope spanning the globe from Hawaii to Germany. (Image credit: Melodie Kao, Amy ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The solar system’s Kuiper Belt is beyond Neptune’s orbit and home to Pluto and a slew of other icy bodies. Ari Gea/SayoStudio. Share this: Share via email (Opens in new window) Email; ...

In our solar system, every planet with a worldwide magnetic field has radiation belts. Earth has the Van Allen belts , rings of electrons captured from the sun ( SN: 3/19/14 ).

The first asteroid belt ever seen outside the solar system is more complex than expected, astronomers found, using observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Looking at the warm dust around a ...

However, that’s not even the most interesting feature of the Fomalhaut system. Outside of Fomalhaut’s inner asteroid belt, there is a second debris belt that is tilted at 23 degrees from ...

Understanding the history of water distribution in the solar system will help us to understand other planetary systems, and if they could be on their way to hosting an Earth-like planet,” said ...

Because the Kuiper Belt had seemed small, one theory had been that the solar nebula that formed our planetary system had also been smaller than normal. The discovery of this Kuiper Belt 2 suggests ...

Astronomers have described the first radiation belt observed outside our solar system, using a coordinated array of 39 radio dishes from Hawaii to Germany to obtain high-resolution images. The ...