An artist's interpretation of a trans-Neptunian object. | Credit: Artwork: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI); Science: NASA, ...

Given the typical orbit of an observatory about L2, the observational baseline of ~1.5 × 10⁶ km between L2 and Earth results in an instantaneous parallax of ~10″–100″, even for the most distant of ...

Researchers studying mysterious objects at the edge of the solar system with the James Webb Space Telescope find origin of ...

Trans-Neptunian objects are the most distant solar system objects viewable from Earth. With some good equipment, a bit of luck, a bit of persistence and clear skies, you should be able to see some.

An artist’s rendition of a trans-Neptunian Object imagines the sun in the far, far distance. Some people in the aerospace business like engineering. Others prefer science. Jeralyn Gibbs ...

known as the Trans-Neptunian region, according to NASA. In this region, objects in space could cross any dwarf planet — and Pluto’s — orbit. Pluto also sits within a larger field of objects ...

Thanks to JWST, we've learned key details about methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life — on distant icy worlds. In a distant corner of our solar system called ...