Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

All the planets orbit roughly along the same plane ... The planets "are always more or less on the same path, and occasionally a few more of them are visible in the night sky,” Krupp said.

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

By the year 2100, some parts of Earth orbit may have upwards of 66% less carrying capacity for satellites, according to a new ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the ...

Climate change isn’t just affecting Earth, it’s reshaping space as well. A new MIT study reveals that rising greenhouse gas ...