Pluto is a bit of a loner. The dwarf planet is no longer considered a regular planet; it does not orbit on the same plane as ...

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 ...

Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white ...

Earth’s history has been punctuated by at least five major ice ages. Some of these frigid periods of prolonged global cooling saw much of our planet locked in ice and snow for 100 million years. It ...

The classical picture of star and planet formation suggests that a star’s rotational axis and the orbital planes of its planets should be aligned. However, exoplanetary systems have considerable ...

Recently identified exoplanet, BD+05 4868 b, is shedding its surface in a comet-like tail as it disintegrates under extreme stellar heat. SETI Live host Beth Johnson spoke with National University of ...

Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this star's system is home to ...