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Taking a Spin Around our Solar System

Planetaria are model objects that display stars, planets, or other celestial bodies and their movement. This blog post explores the different kinds of planetaria in the Geography a...

In 1776, the solar system only had 6 planets. Now, it has 8. Does it end there?

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the history of the solar system tells its own story of exploration.

With a little help from our planet friends

Speeding up, slowing down, capturing amazing views, making discoveries — all thanks to planets.

Scientists Just Found the Solar System’s Original “Planet Factory”

Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter. When the Solar System first formed, the young Sun was surroun...

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.

Quite the journey

A planet’s path around the Sun, a quasi-moon tagging along, and your name a million miles away.

Planetary Science

Our Solar System Lost Two Planets

A new, computer-based calculation shows that our solar system used to have 5 or 6, rather than 4 gas giants. It seems that, billions of years ago, we lost two planets due to an ins...

Three Stars, One Extraordinary System and a Drama Still to Come

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable triple star system in which two Sun like stars orbit each other every 4.75 days, while a giant star, ten times the size of our Sun circles...

Astronomers characterize 'improbable' system shaped by brown dwarf

In the course of studying planets beyond our solar system (6,316 confirmed exoplanets and counting), scientists have discovered some very interesting systems. Consider TOI-201, a c...

Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space

Another puzzle piece in how our solar system formed. The post Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space appeared first on Futurism.