How do you picture the solar system? Most of us imagine the eight planets as colorful balls of varying sizes moving in orbits that comfortably fit within the confines of our computer screens. But ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has recently celebrated a new birthday, pinpointing its formation to approximately 4.5 billion years ago. This significant revelation comes from the ...

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the solar system's "small bodies"—asteroids, comets and other minor planets.

Kyoto-based Laplace System Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masayuki Horii) has announced the release of the latest international version of its photovoltaic system simulation software, Solar Pro 5.0.

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

Prevailing solar system formation theories indicate that these planets should have at least started out following perfectly circular and share the same orbit.