Recent simulations and research have unveiled a fascinating new insight into the history of the solar system’s terrestrial ...

This had the effect of causing the orbits of planets b, c and d to waver, and they crossed through the 8:5 and 5:3 resonances as their orbital periods widened, but were then pushed back via a ...

Earth. The breakthrough boosts the search for life-supporting planets. "Are we alone?" This enduring question has fascinated ...

‘These patterns persist for a long time, because the dust becomes trapped in these special orbital patterns by the planet’s gravity,’ said Dr. Gorkavyi.

For years, scientists have theorized about a ninth planet beyond Neptune because of the orbital patterns of smaller objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy objects beyond Neptune.

The six planets of the HD110067 system together create a mesmerizing geometric pattern due to their resonance-chain. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Thibaut Roger/NCCR PlanetS ...

Unusually regular orbital patterns observed in the Kuiper belt hint that some celestial body more massive than Pluto lurks beyond the distant band of icy debris at the edge of the solar system ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare star system in which six planets orbit around one star in an elaborate geometrical pattern due to a phenomenon called orbital resonance. Using both NASA's ...

Cheops confirmed the orbital period of the third planet in the star system, the key to figuring out the pattern of the entire system. Credit: ESA ...

Astronomers managed to identify the two innermost planets with orbital periods of nine and 14 Earth days. With additional data from the ESA's CHEOPS planet hunter satellite, a third exoplanet with ...

A theory developed to replace dark matter may mean bad news for Planet Nine, a hypothetical as-yet-unseen world in the outer solar system. The odd orbital alignments of icy objects in this region ...