Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

However, because HD 20794 d orbits in an elliptical way, rather than circular like the Earth, it is unclear whether it would be able to host life. Image: HD 20794 d sits in a 'habitable zone'.

but because this distance changes over the course of its elliptical rather than circular orbit it is too early to say whether it could host life. The exoplanet orbits in the habitable zone of its ...

See, planetary orbits aren’t the perfect, circular paths. They’re eccentric, tilted, and slightly chaotic. And for decades, scientists have found this curious. But now, it seems some believe ...

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 ...

Scientists have solved the mystery behind ancient circular earth rings in Australia, revealing they were constructed by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people between 590 and 1,400 years ago. The large ...

Interstellar object may have affected Jupiter's orbit 1% of simulations show similar planetary configurations Close encounter could explain orbital peculiarities ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...