Solar System is Actually Croissant-Shaped? According to Sputnik News ' latest report, the new computer model simulation showing the alleged true shape of the solar system is considered the most ...

Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers -- the first to model ...

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The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

New computer models, from both Earth-based spectroscopy and space mission data, are providing space scientists compelling evidence for a better understanding of planetary atmospheric chemistry.

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an ...

The Solar System may have started with five gas giants, but according to the Nice model, Planet X may have been flung into interstellar space.

A new computer model that accurately simulates the Sun’s past few solar cycles predicts that the next cycle will be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the last one and that it will begin a year ...