With wins in three of the first four races and the top two drivers in the F1 standings, McLaren has picked up where it left off after winning the Formula 1 constructors' championship last season.

A "Star Wars" planet with an unusual orbit has been discovered 120 light years from Earth - the first-ever "polar planet" orbiting at a 90-degree angle to its parent stars. The bizarre exoplanet - ...

ABC News' Stephanie Ramos spoke with Cambridge University astrophysicist Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan on a possible massive planet discovery called K2-18b and its strong evidence of extraterrestrial life ...

This type of orbit, called a polar orbit, has been suggested in theory and hinted at through indirect observations. But until now, there was no solid evidence that such a planet existed. The discovery ...

A comprehensive 3D visualization of our solar system including planets, moons, asteroid belts, and the Oort cloud implemented in Python using Matplotlib.

The world’s first three-satellite constellation on the distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of the Earth-Moon system has been successfully established by Chinese scientists. The development lays a ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) noted in its Annual Space Environment Report that more than 6,600 tons of space junk are currently floating about in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), between 100 - 1,200 ...

New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, 100-year solar cycle. If true, solar activity could spike further in the ...

(M. Kornmesser/ESO via AP) This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the possible orbit of a new exoplanet around two brown dwarfs, or failed stars, 120 light ...

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are lighter than stars, but heavier than gas ...