Compared with Mercury (whose orbit, within our planetary family, is the most egg-shaped and tilted), the paths of the four outer giant planets ... matching simulations had the planet-like object ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Right now, the outer planets are all on relatively the same side of the system. As a result, we can enjoy a planetary parade ...

New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...

There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

A new understanding of planet formation The discovery of an outer cold giant planet and an inner Super-Earth adds another layer of complexity to the WASP-132 system. The standard hypothesis of ...

Using computer models of the four outer planets ... Because many close-matching simulations had the planet-like object swooping through the inner solar system, the researchers created an ...

Understanding that Earth-like planets tend to form around star systems that formed around the inner regions of the ... stellar systems can migrate to the outer regions of the Milky Way, it gives ...

Related: Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life Using computer models of the four outer ... planet-like object swooping through the inner ...