and the tilt of the orbit relative to the rest of the solar system. So, these are all changes that astronomers will look for each time comets come close to the Sun. And in some cases, orbital ...

The satellite, which is intended to bolster India's navigation capabilities, faced a problem during the 'orbit-raising ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System ... with the Solar System’s disk and planets flew by billions of years ago and permanently altered their orbital patterns.

A new study suggests that a close encounter with a massive interstellar object, possibly eight times the mass of Jupiter, may have significantly altered the orbits of the four outer planets in our ...

Scientists now think that a mysterious object massive enough to have gravitational interactions with the Solar System’s disk and planets flew by billions of years ago and permanently altered their ...

Feb. 4: SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Maxar Digital Globe 3 mission with a pair of satellites headed to min-inclination ... orbital vehicle, and the Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Explorer Night system ...

Saturn’s rings are not just the most obvious thing about the planet—they are arguably the most magnificent structure in the entire solar system ... Because of the orbital motions of the ...

It actually follows its own tiny elliptical orbit around what is called the center of gravity (the barycenter) of the system ... by the tilt of Earth's axis toward the planet's orbital plane.

At the same time, the team found evidence for a third planet, with an orbital period of 40 days ... HD 20794d's orbit is more elongated than any planet in our solar system, with an eccentricity of 0.4 ...

THE question of the origin of the solar system is one that has ... that the planets cannot have entered the system from outer space, for then their orbital planes would be inclined to one another ...