Earth" and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...

Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical harmony.

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets ...

Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises ... and Chadwick Trujillo noticed unusual patterns in the orbits of several objects beyond Neptune. These icy bodies in the ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas Eve. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is alive! Two days after a historic ...

2D Simulation of Solar System using pure ES 6. Orbits computed with real coefficients (AU scaled to pixels). Main belt asteroids' eccentricities generated with Rayleigh distribution. Welcome to Space ...

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

The probe has already braved coronal mass ejections, major blowups that spew the sun’s plasma out into the solar system. The mission team is hoping for stormier solar seas that might illuminate ...

The probe will complete 24 orbits ... Solar Probe Plus (WISPR) is a telescope that makes three-dimensional images of the sun's corona and inner heliosphere to actually "see" the solar wind and ...