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 ...

But in reality, none of the eight planets follow perfectly circular orbits, and they don't all lie on the same plane either. Earth's orbit, for example, is oval-shaped, and there is a seven ...

Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

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

However, none of the eight planets, including Earth, have perfectly circular orbits. Plus, the planets' paths don't lie precisely on the same plane. Compared with Mercury (whose orbit, within our ...

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

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 ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

An important point to note is that the paper assumes that all orbits are circular, whereas real bodies are not perfectly spherical and orbits are not perfectly circular. The author asserts that ...

Indian researchers have discovered a dense sub-Saturn exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, which is 78.5 times the mass of Earth. This ...

Scientists from Ahmedabad's Physical Research Laboratory have discovered a massive exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, offering insights ...

But our own Solar System's disc is relatively warped, with the orbits of its planets slightly tilted and more oval than circular. What happened to it? It's possible a heavy object fell into the ...