EVANSTON, Ill. — Except for the fact that we call it home, for centuries astronomers didn’t have any particular reason to believe that our solar system was anything special in the universe. But, ...
Planet hunters have grown used to strange worlds, but a handful of discoveries now point to something even more radical: ...
A newly analyzed planetary system has turned up a world orbiting at such a skewed angle that it defies the neat textbook ...
Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...
(CNN) — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have ...
Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...
Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...