An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

It takes the Earth one year to orbit all the way around the sun. But the sun’s path around the Milky Way is much bigger. It ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk ...

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects ... for Uranus and Neptune and even for Earth and Mars (SN: 2/1/22).

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world. Physics experiments have changed the ...

But because the moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to Earth's orbit around the sun, it doesn't block out the sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon ... rocky object that orbits the sun. Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn posted a simulation to X of what the asteroid's ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon ... rocky object that orbits the sun. Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn posted a simulation to X of what the asteroid's ...

For the next two months, the moon will have a temporary companion in its orbit around the Earth. A small asteroid, called a “mini-moon,” will partially circle the Earth before returning on an ...

marks the time when the moon is a quarter of its way through its lunar cycle and journey around the Earth. "People may casually call this a half moon, but remember, that's not really what you're ...