The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

This would see the mission going from an elliptical to more circular orbit over a six-year span, though mission planners hope for a decade of science and observations around Mercury. Solar sailing ...

The Milky Way is known to host a diverse array of planetary systems, providing astronomers with extensive insights into how ...

The Roadster is currently on an elliptical path around the sun, taking it past Venus and Mercury too. It completes one full orbit about every 557 days, and is scheduled to finish its first orbit ...