They are in order, New Moon, First Quarter ... attributing it to the gravitational attraction exerted by the moon and the sun. We can consider the gravitational attraction exerted by the other planets ...

I had no idea how any of this might go. Take three golf buddies from different circles, shake them up for 10 days in a packed ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...

Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

For planets with more exaggerated eccentricities, the changing distance can have a bigger impact. Sunlight on Mars, for example, can vary as much as 31 percent along its orbit.

The Solar System may appear calm and well organized, but it is actually the result of billions of years of delicate cosmic balancing. Changing the order of the planets might sound like a fun thought ...

Out of this World Exploration of our mysterious universe took a giant leap forward after scientists harnessing NASA's James ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Our failure to prepare for climate breakdown has meant the rise of global inequality and political instability, writes John ...