A new study in astrophysics has found why some planets’ paths have certain peculiar features. The formation of the solar ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system, a ...

"In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it visited the inner solar system about 160,000 years ago, so it may have survived a close pass before." Second, if the comet survives ...

Editor's take: This likely won't be the last time a village, town, or city receives an unexpected delivery from the sky. As companies accelerate satellite launches and other orbital operations ...

Clayton Chilcutt had never heard of a quasi-moon before his intro astronomy course at UGA. Then he won a worldwide contest to name one of Earth's curious celestial neighbors.