Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

Many planetary systems are born in slightly tilted protoplanetary disks, which would explain the misaligned orbits from the ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for a close but non-threatening brush with Earth on Friday, April 13 ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University / Jason Rowe / NASA Ames Research Center ...

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So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

A team of researchers has identified a possible atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet. The researchers, from the University of St Andrews, have today published two separate papers on planet TRAPPIST ...

Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white dwarf star questions how Halla could exist. Credit: Space.com | animation ...

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Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.