Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope, combined with advanced simulations, have revealed a completely new type of planet unlike anything in our Solar System. This discovery offers fresh ...

Irish weather expert Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather has referred to the situation as a ‘conveyor belt of storms’ developing in the Atlantic. Weather reports have suggested baltic temperatures, ...

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