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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Planet 9 sits at the edge of scientific imagination, promising either an epic expansion of the Solar System or a lesson in ...