When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

In what could be one of the strangest sightings, astronomers have discovered a planet in deep space with an unexpected orbit. What's more? It's orbiting two celestial objects that are neither suns, ...

While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do ...

In a real-life twist on Star Wars' Tatooine—a harsh desert planet with twin suns and a criminal underbelly—astronomers have found a bizarre new world that orbits two stars at a perfect right angle.

Right angle Illustration of 2M1510 showing the orbits of the two brown dwarfs (in blue) and that of the planet (in orange). (Courtesy: ESO/L Calçada) The first strong evidence for an exoplanet with an ...

What is “down” in the vastness of space? Scientists reveal how gravity, cosmic planes, and perspective redefine direction, ...

AMES, Iowa – Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their ...