Astronomers have identified a rare sednoid called Ammonite, an icy object beyond Neptune that offers new insight into the ...

Jupiter and Saturn host some of the strangest weather in the Solar System, and nowhere is that more obvious than at their ...

Discover the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise. Learn why this 'rebel' planet spins backwards, how a ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

Jupiter and Saturn – have a lot in common. They're made of very similar stuff, they spin at similar speeds, and radiate ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

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Currently, the Moon is drifting away from Earth at a rate of about 1.6 inches per year making it slowly appear smaller in the ...

NASA awarded three-year contracts to Astroscale U.S., BAE Systems, Busek, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a massive hidden planet far beyond Neptune, using decades-old infrared data. The object’s faint signal and strange motion suggest something big is lurking in the dark.