"It all works like intricate clock gears. Throw more gears into the mix and it all breaks." What would happen if we had an additional planet in our solar system? Not in the fringes like the ...

"Our solar system is more finely tuned than I appreciated before. It all works like intricate clock gears. Throw more gears into the mix and it all breaks," Kane said. More information: Stephen R.

Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find ...

This historic mission aims to “touch the sun,” uncovering secrets about the sun’s atmosphere and its effects on the Earth and solar system. The daring flyby on Christmas Eve is part of a ...

Is this all we’ll ever accomplish beyond the Solar System, a scattering of wayward probes sent out into the infinite night? For decades, scientists, engineers, and dreamers have worked to ...

Now, let’s take a look at this wonderful solar system clockwork ... Out of those pieces, 153 were gears and 1,000 were axles and lift arms. One of the biggest challenges was to have the rings ...

Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system. Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that ...

Astronomers have re-calculated the age of our solar system, and found it is very slightly older than we thought – 1.1 million years older, in fact. That puts our solar system’s age at 4.5684 ...

open image in gallery An artist’s impression of Voyager I passing the rings of Saturn on its journey to the outer reaches of the solar system (Getty) It was also a complicated process because ...