This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

A Long March 3B rocket carrying a test satellite, Shijian 25, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Jan 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- China is ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

NEW VEHICLES The Long March 8A carrier rocket, an upgraded version of the Long March 8 rocket designed for medium- and low-Earth orbit missions, is set to conduct its maiden flight in 2025.

The orbit of TIC 241249530 b has an eccentricity of 0.94, which is more eccentric than the orbit of any other exoplanet ever found via the transit method of exoplanet detection.

Wrong! Jupiter does not orbit around the sun. It is so big, so massive, that it orbits a different center of gravity or barycenter, than all the other planets in our solar system.

The shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons indicates that the satellite has a subsurface ocean, contradicting theories that its interior is entirely solid. The finding calls for a fresh take on ...

Situated about 11,400,000 km from Jupiter, Himalia completes an orbit in approximately 250 Earth days. It belongs to the Himalia group of small moons with inclined orbits.

NASA launched its Jupiter-exploring Juno spacecraft on August 5, 2011, but thanks to some patriotic timing, it's arriving at the gas giant today on July 4th. That'll give space fans some ...

On March 9, 1979, Linda Morabito discovered a volcanic plume on Io, a moon of Jupiter, in one of the photos from Voyager 1. She wrote, “I could feel tears begin to roll down my face at the sight ...