The 500-ton space laboratory, which orbits Earth, will appear as a bright, fast-moving white dot gliding smoothly across the ...

How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is what ...

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that one trip around the Sun takes more than 11,000 years. For much of that time ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...