Researchers said on Wednesday they have detected a ring encircling Quaoar akin to the one around the planet Saturn. But the one around Quaoar defies the current understanding of where such rings ...

An artist's impression of how Quaoar and its ring might look like Astronomers are puzzled after spotting a rare ring around a mini-planet in our Solar System. The newly discovered dwarf planet ...

Astronomers discovered that dwarf planet Quaoar, which resides in the outer solar system, sports a strange ring around it. And according to researchers, this lumpy ring of material is so far from ...

Astronomers discovered a ring around ... by observing the light of a distant star blocked by Quaoar on its orbit around the sun. Ring systems—which form when other space objects like meteors ...

According to the astronomers, what makes the ring system around Quaoar remarkable is that it lies at a distance of over seven planetary radii - twice as far out as what was previously thought to ...

The planet, known as Quaoar ... to be revised completely, astronomers explained. Further, we’ll need to learn more about what exactly is keeping the ring around this planet from forming into ...

Together, the information from both telescopes helps to paint a complete picture of the metal-rich galaxy that astronomers believe is hiding behind the ring. A paper on the findings was published ...

(CNN)A nearby star system is helping astronomers unravel the mystery of ... and the comets also created from those same clouds swirling around newborn stars. "V883 Orionis is the missing link ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The small distant world called Quaoar, named after a god of creation in Native American mythology, is producing some surprises for astronomers as it orbits beyond ...

(CNN) — A nearby star system is helping astronomers unravel the mystery ... how a cloud of gas collapses to form a star with a disk around it. Then, the material creates a disk around the ...