The evolution of the orbits of the planets is a complex process. Initially the planets formed out of a rotating disk of gas ...

The protoplanetary disk, designated as 114-426, is situated in the Orion Nebula, a vast star-forming region approximately ...

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

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

Jane Huang, an assistant professor of astronomy, grew up in Chicago, but has no strong feelings on whether New York or her ...

We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

The research suggests this tunnel could act as a passage through the gas, potentially linking our solar system to other stars ... with recent findings of star formation near the bubble's edge ...

NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have long left the farthest reaches of the solar system, entering interstellar space in ...

A new study has looked into the possibility that our Solar System could capture and provide a home for a rogue planet as they ...

These evenings, when it is clear, there is (what appears to be) a fairly bright yellow "star" in the southern sky. It is not ...

Indian astronomers have made an exciting discovery in the GG Tau A, a triple star system. Located approximately 489 ...