Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Planetary scale model trails are letting cycling enthusiasts pedal their way through the cosmos. These trails are designed ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

The sun’s solar wind, made of charged particles, interacts with powerful eruptions, affecting cosmic rays and space weather.

Solar energy will satisfy more than 50% of global energy demand within a decade according to a new modeling tool that also ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...