Tag: planets
Exoplanet Census Identifies ‘Missing Planets’ Gap
Where Are the Universe’s Missing Planets? Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy By Dakotah Tyler edited by Clara Moskowitz For centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other worlds existed beyond those in our own cosmic…
How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
The UniverseFridays How Many Planets Are in the Solar System? The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings All eight of the solar system’s “major” planets appear in this illustration, but the actual number…