OK, first, let's get the name out of the way. Scientists have cataloged this exoplanet as PSR J2322-2650b. It's called that because it orbits a pulsar (a rapidly rotating neutron star) designated PSR ...

The Cassini probe took its final orbits, referred to as the Grand Finale Orbits (GFOs), in 2017, before launching itself into ...

The planets of our solar system all orbit the Sun within a few degrees of a flat plane extending out from our star’s equator — its equatorial plane. That makes sense. Our solar system began as a ...

Online travel agency Orbitz will soon find itself under the microscope again. As part of the transportation spending bill signed by President Bush on Tuesday, Congress has called on the Department of ...

The first exoplanet ever discovered in 1995 was what we now call a "hot Jupiter," a planet as massive as Jupiter with an ...

MIAMI? The ability of life to thrive on alien worlds may be impacted by the wild andweird orbits of giant neighboring planets, new studies suggest. Theheftier worlds in other planetary systems could ...

Earth is on an orderly path around the sun, orbiting in nearly the same plane as our star’s equator. In 2008, however, astronomers began finding worlds in other solar systems that sail far above and ...

Understanding the various types of orbits is essential for grasping how satellites and spacecraft manoeuvre around Earth and other celestial bodies. Each orbit type serves a specific purpose based on ...