Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia. The researchers were inspired by a puzzling fact: many Solar Systems like ...

Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, planets with sizes between Earth and Neptune, constitute approximately one-third of known exoplanets but are absent in our solar system. Their prevalence elsewhere and ...

The Erigone family of asteroids are water-rich space rocks that provide a window into the solar system's past. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The meteorite Erg Chech 002 found in the Sahara desert in 2020 is one of the oldest known space rocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by the orbital mechanics of objects that act in strange and largely unexplained ways in the outer reaches of the solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Our solar system, a cosmic ballet of planets held together by gravity and inertia, is uniquely structured compared to many ...

Truly making Earth the centre of our solar system is going to take more than just fudging the maths. The sun is so much more massive than our puny planet that it is nearly impossible to force the ...

One of the chemicals considered essential to life on Earth may have originated in outer space, researchers have found. Nitrogen compounds, including ammonium salts, may have made their way to Earth ...