Recent research has pointed out that the early shape of our Solar System was more like a doughnut than the flat disk we recognise at present. The discovery comes from an in-depth study of iron meteorites originating from the outer reaches of the Solar System.

Scientists suggest our Solar System was shaped like donut in the beginning

New Horizons spacecraft made new and stunning observations which suggest that the Kuiper Belt might stretch much farther out than scientists previously thought. The Kuiper Belt is the vast, distant outer zone of our solar system populated by hundreds of thousands of icy, rocky planetary building blocks.

New Horizons observations suggest solar system might stretch farther out than we thought

Researchers have been astounded by the discovery of a unique solar system with six planets, even in a time when finding planets orbiting far-off stars has become routine. Though smaller than Neptune, all six of the planets are larger than Earth. Given their near proximity to the star they orbit, it is likely that they are small gaseous worlds with extended atmospheres of helium and hydrogen, making them unsuitable for life as we know it and excessively hot.

Discovery of six-planet solar system amazes astronomers | WION

Science never ceases to amaze. The more we get to know, the more is left to be known always. Recently, a new technique by astronomers led them to suggest that our Solar System’s disc of material extends farther into space than we thought earlier.

Our solar system might be spread farther into space than earlier thought

Astronomers have detected how many interstellar objects may be visiting our solar system, in a recent study. The research conducted by Cornell University shows interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system can be directly observed by Earth-based telescopes and potentially explored at close range by spacecraft.

Astronomers detect how many interstellar objects may be visiting our solar system

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that can be instrumental in the hunt for traces of life beyond the solar system, as per a new study. The study, published in the prestigious journal Science discovered a new planet outside our solar system, an exoplanet, which turns out to be an ideal candidate to seek an atmosphere there, and in fine, perhaps, traces of life around a star other than our Sun.

Astronomers discover new exoplanet instrumental in hunt for traces of life beyond solar system

The solar system's two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing range in Monday's evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080.

Jupiter, Saturn forms the great conjuction in a rare cosmic event