An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in circular orbits around the Sun on a flat disk. But in reality, our Solar ...

A new study, currently under review for publication, suggests that an ancient cosmic visitor might have significantly altered the orbits of our solar system's giant planets. Scientists propose that ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

A close encounter with a mysterious interstellar object could explain the current orbits of several of Earth’s largest ...

CosmoScout VR is an open-source simulation of our solar system developed at the Institute for Software Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It is primarily aimed at the interactive ...

The scientists are now discussing the possibility of collaborating with the solar system simulation group at the Paris Observatory to analyze existing orbital data. "They are some of the foremost ...