The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

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The stars may not be aligning on Friday night, but seven planets in our solar system just may be. For weeks, outer space ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

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Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

The article envisions the solar system forming a cricket team with each planet embodying unique player characteristics. From ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

The stars may not be aligning on Friday night, but seven planets in our solar system just may be. For weeks, outer space enthusiasts have been gearing up for a planetary alignment, or "planetary ...