It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show "3 ...

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

SEVERAL planets have been spotted in the Taunton skies this week in a unique moment - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, ...

NASA scientists have discovered Altjira system, a group of 3 space rocks in Kuiper Belt, providing evidence for the theory of ...

After 17 years of observation, researchers are certain that what they thought was a group of two celestial bodies is actually ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

Pictured from Castle Green, in Taunton, the moon, Mercury, and Venus were all spotted as the planets aligned in a unique setting which is not expected to be seen for a while after this week. This ...