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

See Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars appear in the night sky this month. From the northern lights ringing in the New Year to a spectacular meteor shower, January is shaping up to be an exciting ...

In order to construct the simulation the user will drag objects off the planet pallet and "throw" them in to the solar system display area. The trajectory on which the planet is thrown will determine ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...

The way people think of the Solar System has changed many times throughout history. Before the development of the telescope, these ideas were based on what could be seen with the naked eye.