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 ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

(Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Even given the right galactic alignments ... but well worth keeping the hypothesis in the back pocket in case supporting evidence appears. It's now ...

The crystal-clear images show ... 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 ...

But our own Solar System's disc is relatively warped, with the orbits of its planets slightly tilted and more oval than circular. What happened to it? It's possible a heavy object fell into the ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

This image shows the Sun in visible light. It was taken by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft on March 22, 2023. What you see is the visible surface of ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system ... The close-up images beamed back to Earth ...

It features a clear look at the planet’s volcanic ... Earth and how the rocky planets of the inner solar system formed. The BepiColombo flyby images are a tantalizing preview of the science ...

Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo beamed back close-up images of the solar system’s innermost planet, flying through Mercury’s shadow to peer directly onto craters that are permanently hidden ...