Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

The orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune may have been forever changed by an enormous object that whizzed through ...

Study reveals an interstellar object's impact on planetary orbits, reshaping solar system dynamics. Discover how simulations ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...

New research suggests that a massive, unidentified object might have passed through our Solar System billions of years ago, ...

2D Simulation of Solar System using pure ES 6. Orbits computed with real coefficients (AU scaled to pixels). Main belt asteroids' eccentricities generated with Rayleigh distribution. Welcome to Space ...

Using the giant models and showing the scale of how giant and huge our solar system is really helps to hit home on that,” said lead teacher of Ohio and Kentucky’s Orbit Earth Expo, Pete Dunlap.

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

This extraordinary spectacle, known as a great planetary alignment, will see seven visible planets scattered across the sky. The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same ...

The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, due to their formation from the same disc of debris around the sun. This results in them appearing along the ecliptic ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.