The Amazon founder and world's third-richest man has spent a cool $42 million building a 500-foot-tall mechanical clock designed ... a mechanical model of the solar system, complete with not ...

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek, hand-powered orrery (a clockwork model of the solar system ... planetary motions using a complex system of gears mounted on other gears.

June 3, 2025 — Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, was once so big that it could have held 2,000 Earths. Jupiter is our system's oldest planet, forming from the ...

This makes one or more stellar passages the most likely cause of instability in the orbits of the solar planets for the next 4–4.5 Gyrs. Says Kaib: "[T]he approximation that the solar system is ...

If you were to look at a giant picture of space, zoom in on the Milky Way galaxy, and then zoom in again on one of its outer spiral arms, you’d find the solar system. Astronomers believe it ...

Bad news, earthlings. Computer simulations of the solar system’s future reveal a new risk facing us all: The gravitational tug of a passing star could either cause another planet to smack into ...

“Given that solar systems and solar tax credits are complex subjects—and salespeople make oral representations about the contract and system details—this provision creates a situation ripe ...

A new observatory is set to detect millions of never-before-seen solar system objects, a global group of astronomers led by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) has said. The brand new facility at ...

You can get in touch with Alyce by emailing a.collins@newsweek.com A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before The spacecraft’s tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the ...