and in fact they are exactly edge on as seen from the sun. But because Saturn’s orbit around the sun is tipped very slightly relative to Earth’s, we only see the rings precisely edge on at ...

Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post A Mysterious Object Visited Our Solar System And Altered The Orbits Of Four ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

The scientists of the @PRLAhmedabad, have discovered a new #Exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, a dense sub-Saturn size with a mass of 78 ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

how long comets take to make one revolution around the Sun, or a cometary "year" - according to basic physics, the period of an object does not depend on the mass of that orbiting object, and instead ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

"The hem of her dress fluttering in the hint of a sea breeze": a bitter-sweet summer friendship The post Short story: ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...