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

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

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

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

The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it orbits the sun. Astronomers have long suspected that this tilt comes from gravitational interactions with its neighbor ...

Neptune's magnetic field is tilted about 47 degrees relative to the planet's rotation axis, which explains why the auroras are positioned far from the poles. Unlike on Earth, ...

How a missing satellite formed Saturn’s tilt and its rings. When Saturn formed, its spin axis was probably close to straight up and down (1). But as the moon Titan moved away from Saturn ...

Researchers believe Neptune’s unusual auroras are caused by the planet’s oddly tilted magnetic field, first discovered by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1989. Unlike Earth’s, Neptune’s magnetic field ...

In the early 2000s, scientists put forward the idea that Saturn's tilted axis is a result of the planet being trapped in a resonance, or gravitational association, with Neptune.