Astronomers have revealed that the real center of our solar system isn't the sun. Gravity is playing a part in everything. The barycenter is the center.

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

What if we’ve been overlooking the real gem in our solar system? Scientists are starting to think Venus, not Mars, could be ...

Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

On Jupiter’s moon Io—the solar system’s most volcanically active world—you’ll find the mountain Ionian Mons. Its height is estimated at nearly 8 miles. All in all, scientists have discovered more than ...