Once you remember that the sun also orbits the solar system's common center of mass, it all makes sense. Our sun is wobbling, ...

Japan isn’t alone in exploring the potential of space-based solar power. The United States has also been actively researching ...

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Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...

Earth is the only planet in the known universe that has the right combination of water, atmosphere, temperature, and chemical ...

Earth’s rotation feels steady, but beneath that illusion of constancy lies a subtle truth: the planet’s spin is shifting. The axis around which Earth rotates isn’t fixed. It wanders, sways, and drifts ...

Solar Orbiter began routine science operations in 2021 and has since looped ever closer to the Sun, stealing bits of speed ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

The Sun, being the most massive object in our solar system, has a gravitational force that far outweighs any planetary alignment. Could Alignments Shift Earth’s Orbit? The idea that planetary ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...