This paper describes the eccentricity, amplitude, phase shift, angular momentum, polarization, radial path, and orbital ...

Relationship to Speed: When a planet is closer to the Sun (near perihelion), it must move faster to sweep out the same area in a given time as when it is farther from the Sun (near aphelion).

Launched by NASA in 2009, the Kepler space telescope was outfitted with equipment to discover and study Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way galaxy. It was named after the 17th century scientist and ...

After nearly a decade of groundbreaking exploration, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope concluded its mission, leaving a lasting legacy in the search for exoplanets. The spacecraft, which confirmed the ...

A "supermoon" occurs when a full Moon coincides with the Moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit. At different points in its orbit, the Moon is sometimes closer to Earth than usual.

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It's already a great month for skygazers, with a trio of meteor showers and the return of the northern hemisphere winter constellations. Tonight, it also features the second of four supermoons in a ...

An exoplanet is what we call planets that exist outside of our own solar system. The first one was discovered in 1992, but as we get more powerful and precise telescopes and instruments, scientists ...