High-resolution study of Jurassic mudstones in China’s Sichuan Basin reveals that astronomical cycles control climate, ...

An illustration of Mimas’s ice shell evolution, in which the changes in ice shell thickness (y-axis) lag behind the eccentricity decay (inverted x-axis). Time increases to the right of the plot, while ...

Professor John Chiang of UC Berkeley explains the impact of Earth's axial tilt and orbital eccentricity on global climate. He highlights their influence on seasonal variations, including monsoon ...

This artist’s impression shows a Jupiter-like exoplanet that is on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter — a large, Jupiter-like exoplanet that orbits very close to its star. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva ...

Hot Jupiters were once cosmic oddities, but unraveling how they moved so close to their stars has remained a stubborn mystery. Scientists have long debated whether these giants were violently flung ...

A passing star which blew past our solar system nearly 3 million years ago could have altered the Earth’s orbit, researchers found. The study, published last week in the journal The Astrophysical ...

Prepare to look up and reconsider everything you thought you knew about these cosmic wanderers. Comet 3I/ATLAS has shattered records, boasting the highest recorded orbital eccentricity. Its behaviour ...

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of rapid warming 56 million years ago, saw temperatures increase by approximately 5 degrees Celsius over a few thousand years, resulting in ...

Breaking all previous records with an eccentricity of over 2.5, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is defying expectations and challenging established models of orbital mechanics. (A conceptual image of the ...