Forget what you learned in school. The solar system isn't just a flat disc of planets it's a 3D bubble moving through space. This video explains why all planets orbit in the same flat plane and what ...

This is a brilliant question because the notion of an orbit is counterintuitive. We know that massive objects (really, any objects with mass) gravitationally attract other massive objects; Newton's ...

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

FILE: Before heading back to the North Pole, Santa Claus stopped through Gruene to hear last-minute requests from kids. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual ...

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