Stories tagged "planets"

Research conducted by a team of North American scientist shows our solar system is special, contrary to the accepted theory that it is an average planetary system. Using computer simulations to follow the development of planets, it was shown that very spe

We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets (plus Pluto and all those other dwarf planets)

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Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers -- the first to model the formation of planetary systems from beginning to end...

Famed US astronaut and politician John Glenn has said that that NASA's planned return to the Moon will be of no use to a future manned Mars mission...

With confirmation of water ice, Phoenix still has work to do to see if Mars habitable.

A new simulation shows how the first stars evolved.

A giant lake full of ethane and methane has been confirmed to exist on Titan.

With planets, dwarf planets and plutoids, the solar system's getting crowded.

CAN you flip a planet's magnetic field on and off like a light switch? An asteroid could have done just that to Mars 4 billion years ago...