"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

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The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star.

Extrasolar planets contextualise the Solar System among a large number of planetary systems with very different properties. Many extrasolar planets show characteristics which are not realised in the ...

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 ...

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to ensure these twin spacecraft can continue ...

It presents the solar system as a chaotic family dynamic, with planets like Mars causing trouble while Saturn enforces discipline. Overall, the piece merges astrology with planetary ...

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and ... surprisingly active solar cycle, and emphasized the importance of SDO in our solar early warning system. In a lot of ways ...