The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ...

Planets change orbit shape around Neptune’s size. Metal-rich stars help giant planets form. Eccentric orbits suggest chaotic planet formation.

The author is an HCMC distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. His life was marked by unrelenting misfortune. At the age of four, he contracted smallpox, losing most of ...

For astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw a supernova in 1604 ... Jupiter takes about 12 years and Saturn takes 30 years to complete one orbit around the Sun and a journey through the zodiac’s ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

When we are talking about astronomy, it is hard to not mention Johannes Kepler. A German astronomer and mathematician, Kepler was one of the central figures in the scientific revolution of the ...

Kepler Interactive already boasts one of the more eclectic portfolio of games, from the New Caledonia inspired blue seas of Tchia to the survival horror adventure game lauded for its nightmare ...