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

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

the characteristics of Jupiter in relation to its axial rotation are significantly different. Spinning in only about 35,700 seconds, its day is the shortest in our solar system, and it only has a ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever ...

Scientists found winds on WASP-127b moving at 33,000 km/h. These are the fastest jetstream winds ever recorded on any planet ...

total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean ... It came against a long-term background of a gradual slowing of Earth’s rotation, caused by the the ebb and flow of tides, the flow ...

The extreme supersonic winds of WASP-127b are more than 60 times faster than the fastest winds ever observed on Earth ...

An international research group has developed a vertical PV system design for applications in offshore waters. Called PVSail, the novel system allows the floating structure to align with the ...