Instead of just speculating about what our solar system would be like if Jupiter was a star, we decided to test it out. If you haven’t heard of it, there’s a program called "Sandbox Universe ...

Simply place the Sun and Neptune, and the app creates a live simulation of the solar system, complete with accurate orbits and scaled planets, that plays out before your eyes.

A simulation created stunning sunsets from alien worlds across the solar system. The animation transports viewers to the surface of Venus, Mars, Uranus and Saturn’s largest moon Titan, allowing ...

Designer Luke Twyman's solar system simulation doesn't have intricate graphics or a load of features to explore, but it can do what many others can't: sing. Called SolarBeat, it plays a music box ...

The stunning simulation that reveals our sun may be an ‘ordinary’ solar star after all. New 3D simulations revealed a look at the behaviour of stellar magnetic fields ...

NEW research claims five extra rocky planets could exist on the edge of our Solar System. According to a simulation, it’s possible several rogue planets are nearby and we just haven’t s… ...

An international team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab (LMSAL), Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), and the University of Geneva wanted ...

The origin of the Solar System is one of the fundamental problems in astrophysics. The general mechanism is well understood–a giant cloud of gas and dust must have collapsed to form the Sun and ...

The solar system still has only eight confirmed planets that are orbiting the sun. It recently had nine planets, but it all changed after NASA and other space agencies decided to demote Pluto to a ...

New simulations show how planets form and maintain an orbit around a developing solar system. ... New simulation reveals planet migration prevents plunge into Sun Date: January 8, 2010 ...

Using data from the suite of active sun-watching spacecraft currently observing the star at the heart of our solar system, ... Our sun is the star in a new simulation. Story by Rachel Hoover • 17h.