Planetary rotation visualization
Planets in our Solar System spin at a different speed, explained in this well done visualization showing the relative speed and axial tilt of them.
Does Planet 9 Exist?
A planet has been predicted to orbit the sun with a period of 10,000 years, a mass 5x that of Earth on a highly elliptical and inclined
Venus could have been Habitable
Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years.
How many Earth-like planets are nearby?
New study provides most accurate estimate of frequency that exoplanets similar to Earth occur around stars similar to our sun.
A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provide a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet orbiting a star beyond the Sun.
Young Jupiter smacked head-on by a Planet
Scientists find out that young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet.
18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Astronomers using a new method to find small planets orbiting nearby stars, which previous surveys had overlooked, discovered 18 Earth-sized exoplanets.
The best places to look for closest Earth-like Planets
NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will observe 400,000 stars across the whole sky to catch a glimpse of a planet transiting across the face of its
10 Recently Discovered Earth Like Planets
Most of the scientists believe that one day the our planet will be destroyed. How will you survive? Where will you go?
Planets of the Solar System- tilts and spins
The tilts and spins of the Planets in our Solar System. The planets in this animation are not in scale.