Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a bizarre, potentially historic discovery: the first moon ever detected beyond our ...

Astronomers have reported evidence of a massive possible exomoon in the distant CD-35 2722 system, where one giant object orbits another rather than directly circling a star. The discovery, described ...

As far-fetched as it may seem, quirks of orbital mechanics could allow hundreds of planets to be packed around a star ...

A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond Neptune altering object orbits. If you get the question in Trivial Pursuit ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals from a planet beyond our solar system, according to a study available on the preprint server arXiv. The landmark observation offers a new ...

Imagine if the planet Jupiter orbited much closer to the Sun. What effect would a so-called hot Jupiter have on our Solar ...

The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ...

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties are well understood but the planetary orbits have evolved and changed since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dottedhippo/Getty Images On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...