Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

The orbit of this asteroid has a relatively high eccentricity, meaning its path is elliptical. It passes near Earth's orbit about every four years. The period from the end of last year to the ...

It moves in an elliptical orbit that takes it from the inner reaches of the Solar System to the outer region of the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. This orbital eccentricity means ...

Since early January, Chinese scientists have been continuously observing an asteroid that has a small chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. By combining global data, astronomers have updated the ...