"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star system, and we're finding that the Kuiper Belt may be no exception!" ...

Astronomers may have just identified a rare example of a "three-body problem ... was a binary system made up of two large ...

If confirmed, it would mean Altjira is subject to a conundrum commonly known as the three-body problem. Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the ...

The Altjira system sits in the middle of the Kuiper Belt, at around 3.7 billion ... in two and three-body systems. The alternative KBO creation theory, which sees these icy space rocks created ...

known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare orbital configuration is often referred to as the "three-body problem." ...