Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one extra planet. In a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Blip on a Telescope in a Colorado Parking Lot Bolstered a Space Mission That Has Found Thousands of Planets … and Counting

The Kepler telescope changed how we saw the sky. It’s just one of the devices we’ve sent out beyond the reach of humans to ...

One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...
IFLScience

The Solar System May Have Ejected A Fifth Giant Planet – Which Would Explain How Uranus Held Onto Its Moons

Looking at the Solar System, Jupiter and Uranus both have plenty of irregular moons. In supercomputer simulations, the ...