Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
Recent studies have revealed that, until now, Hot Jupiters seem to be the only planet in orbit around their host star. This ...
Actually, Venus is not alone in display moon-like phases. The answer is that Venus is an inner planet—along with Mercury. Venus takes 225 days to orbit the sun while Mercury takes just 88 days.