Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

A web developer named Alex Giron has created a working model of the solar system using only web standards. It’s fully animated — though Alex takes advantage of some new CSS 3 features (border ...

Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star, giving us an ...

The galactic magnetic field influences the orientation of the solar system's heliosphere, causing it to incline at a sharp angle, Opher said. An analogy is a bullet hurtling through the air with ...

The answer is yes, but it's a work in progress. One of the latest developments, a 3D map of the solar system's edge that took 13 years to create, revealed a few more secrets about this mysterious ...

Two more solar sail launches are on the horizon: NASA plans to launch a sail this fall, while the non-profit Planetary Society is aiming for a launch in 2011.. At the second International ...