The eight planets in our solar system (yes, it's still weird for me to write "eight," too) orbit the sun in roughly circular paths, although they're ever-so-slightly ellipses instead of circles. A ...

This solar eclipse was created by 2 satellites flying in formation, allowing astronomers to photograph the Sun’s corona.

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways they are unable to do at any other time.

This story is from October 24, 2004 Why are planetary orbits oval rather than circular in shape? Oct 24, 2004, 00:00 IST AA Follow us ...

Planets with a similar size to Earth have been found to follow a similar circular orbit, which could have implications in the search for life. Circular orbits can support a relatively stable climate.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected churning clouds of dust on a distant planet that orbits two stars. Known as VHS 1256 b, the exoplanet is about 40 light-years away from Earth and ...