When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration showing a rogue planet orbiting a very distant point around the solar system. | Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva) The next time you think your collecting habit is getting out of control, you can console yourself… Read More »
Star Wars fans will certainly enjoy the binary star systems, nicknamed the “Tatooine” systems, a reference to the planet on which Luke Skywalker stood to gaze at the twin suns in Star Wars: A New Hope. It turns out that some planets in real-life versions of these systems may also be receiving a much more… Read More »
The Moon spent most of its 4.5 billion-year dance around the Sun connected to the Earth. Astrophysicists suggest that the origin of the Moon dates back to an ancient impact in which an object the size of Mars crashed into our planet, sending large amounts of debris into space. The resulting materials combined with gravity… Read More »