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 ...

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A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

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 ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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