Outer Solar System

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it.

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Overlooked ocean worlds fill the outer Solar System

Far Beyond Pluto: NASA’s New Horizons To Continue Exploring Outer Solar System

NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System

Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus: Study Proves Existence of Key Element for Life in the Outer Solar System

Squeezing Secrets From Jupiter’s Moons: Juice’s Expedition to the Outer Solar System

50 years ago today, the Pioneer 11 spacecraft set sail for the outer solar system. And 4 million years from now, the probe — which carries a gold-plated plaque meant to help identify humanity’s place in the cosmos — will pass very near the star Lambda Aquilae, located some 125 light-years away.

It's Time For Your Annual Weather Update for the Outer Solar System

Explanation for unusual radar signatures of icy satellites in the outer solar system

New Horizons Pluto probe notches 3 new discoveries in outer solar system

Whoa: Astronomers Find New Ring System in the Outer Solar System

The Outer Solar System Supplied a Surprising Amount of Earth’s Water

Exploring the Outer Solar System Takes Power, Here’s a Way to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries for Deep Space

Earth was brought to life by ancient water-rich asteroids from the outer Solar System

Ancient global ocean on Mars may have come from carbon-rich chondrite meteorites from the outer solar system

Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was born in the outer solar system 4 billion years ago

Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was born in the outer solar system 4 billion years ago

Asteroid Ryugu’s Parent Body Formed in Outer Solar System, New Analysis Suggests

NASA found a 'mini-moon' orbiting an asteroid in the outer solar system

Unknown 'Mini Moon' in Outer Solar System Is One of The Smallest Ever Found

Brand-new mini 'moon' found lurking in the outer solar system