Measuring The Rotation of an Extrasolar PlanetAstronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its ...

The interior of the Sun does not rotate at the same rate at all latitudes. The physical origin of this differential rotation is not fully understood. It turns out, long-period solar oscillations ...

The rusty world is full of mysteries—and some of the solar system's most extreme geology. Learn more about Earth's smaller, ...

PETALING JAYA: The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to Earth's rotation, which is moving from west to east on ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Of course, that does not look like our solar system. The reason is that the cloud of dust that formed our solar system started off with a slight rotation. Why does that matter?

Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...