Claims of a "rare planetary alignment" are misleading; it's just visible planets. A true "golden conjunction" occurs on Sept. 8, 2040.
The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...
THE question of the origin of the solar system is one that has been a source of speculation for over a hundred years; but, in spite of the attention that has been devoted to it, no really ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
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Why Do All Planets Orbit in the Same Plane?
Have you ever wondered why the planets in our solar system align along a flat plane? Discover the science behind this cosmic arrangement, from the formation of the protoplanetary disk to the forces ...
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but ...
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...