In an innovative mission, two spacecraft fly in precision formation to block the sun, giving scientists a particular view for ...

A JavaOne panel with some of the smartest people orbiting Sun provided some insight into where Java, porgramming models, Google and man-machine relationships are heading. Guy Steele, a Sun Fellow ...

Asteroid 2023 FW13 appears to be orbiting Earth at first glance, but it turns out that's just a coincidence. It's been trailing us around the sun.

New insights into planetary motion reveal that Earth is not technically orbiting the Sun. Instead, both the Sun and Earth revolve around a shared centre of mass called the barycentre.

If the Earth stopped orbiting the Sun immediately, everyone would be hurled off the surface of Earth into space, similar to the inertia felt when a driver slams on their brakes.

Astronomers report the discovery of two new exoplanets orbiting a bright sun-like star about 175 light years away. The newfound alien worlds, designated HIP 104045 b and HIP 104045 c, were ...

Bizarre object hotter than the sun is orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed. News. By Joanna Thompson published 25 June 2023 ... WD0032-317B is extremely close to its sun, ...

As a result, the Earth is not currently orbiting a point inside the Sun, as the barycenter is outside of it. We are orbiting that point in space, rather than the Sun.

This strange system, called Gaia BH1, consists of a Sun-like star orbiting a tiny, massive object, which El-Badry and his colleagues say is black hole. If confirmed, this black hole would be the ...