The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in circular orbits around the Sun on a flat disk. But in reality, our Solar ...

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Study reveals an interstellar object's impact on planetary orbits, reshaping solar system dynamics. Discover how simulations ...

The research, yet to be peer-reviewed, sheds light on what could have changed the orbits of several planets in the solar ...

Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ... Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

A fifth community solar project has entered Harford County’s development pipeline and is set to add nearly 40 acres to the ...