Astronomers used a 3D global computer model to compare the climates of exoplanets in different stellar and orbital configurations. They found that a planet orbiting a white dwarf star would offer a ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

Raised in the Lutheran church, Tycho was led to believe that the earth was the center of the universe, but his carefully ...

A fascinating blend of mechanics and magnetism brings a solar system model to life. Each planetary movement is guided by magnetic forces, creating a seamless and mesmerizing display. Precision ...

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 ...

Couldn’t we all do with a little stress reduction? Especially since all seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment.

A new model improves understanding of how solar wind particles escape and accelerate, offering better predictions of solar storms and their impact on space weather. Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/Goddard Space ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.