For decades, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system—until Pluto was reclassified in 2006. But what if ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The solar system is portrayed as a dynamic, gossip-fueled family, with each planet offering snide comments about one another, reflecting their unique characteristics and positions. Despite their ...

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

The planets in our solar system orbit the sun essentially along a line across the sky in a plane called the ecliptic. For that reason, planets in our Earthly sky always appear somewhere along a ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — An expert in energy technologies uses AI tools to investigate the impact of extreme weather on solar-powered and electrified homes and uncover their unique vulnerabilities and ...

but our home planet actually revolves around the Sun at incomprehensible speeds of 67,000 miles per hour. Current estimations suggest that Mercury is the fastest mover in our solar system ...

Yuri Shprits, a space scientist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, is on a mission to save our planet.

It is so distant that it has been traveling to us for around 4.4 billion years, meaning when it left its source, the solar system was around 200 million years old. — Robert Lea Read more ...

There is an estimated 2.3% chance that the 2024 YR4 asteroid is heading our way. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...