Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

Solar System Animation. The planets in our solar system are all different, from composition to rotation speeds and orientation. The concept of how the planets are rotating at different speeds ...

Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star, giving us an ...

The solar system is filled with unexplained anomalies that even the brightest scientific minds struggle to explain. From ...

A young star no more than 300,000 years old is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas rotating in the same manner as planets in our Solar System, making it the youngest such infant system yet found.

The Sun's rotation is a massive factor, and it is high time that astronomers consider it. The Earth and the entire Solar System depend on the Sun for warmth and gravity as it floats around in space, ...

The system resides 170 light-years away from Earth. Hubble’s image stability, high resolution, and high-contrast imaging capabilities allowed astronomers to precisely measure the planet’s ...