The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it's kept our Solar System well organized and ...

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

Since the formation of the Solar System, the orbits of the planets have evolved and changed over time. While one of the most prominent ideas in the last few decades is planetary migrations and the ...

The rocky bodies, which look like asteroids but act like comets, could comprise up to 60% of near-Earth objects.

A new category of space rock called “dark comets” are proving more common than previously thought, with 14 asteroid-comet ...

Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's ...

The moderate tilts and slightly elongated paths of these planets — long considered a mystery — could be the result of a one-time cosmic flyby.

A new paper discusses the possible existence of an unseen planet in the outer solar system, the so-called "Planet X" or ...