Ever wonder how differently the planets in our solar system are rotating? A planetary scientist put the best parts of the planets in a single globe animation to show just how.

The Sun's rotation is a massive factor, and it is high time that astronomers consider it. The Earth and the entire Solar System depend on the Sun for warmth and gravity as it floats around in ...

A young star no more than 300,000 years old is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas rotating in the same manner as planets in our Solar System, making it the youngest such infant system yet found.

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 ...

Through a series of 28 pictures, astronomers learned the asteroid makes a full spin every five hours and is a " contact ...

For comparison, Jupiter in our solar system is about 4.5 billion years old. The planet, however, will not maintain these sizzling temperatures.