Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Could you survive a day on every planet in our solar system? Experience the extreme conditions across the planets in a single ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

Our solar system has eight planets, four of which move in slightly different elliptical orbits which are tilted compared to ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

Earth is famously called the Blue Planet because over 71% of its surface is covered with water, giving it a striking blue appearance when seen from space. This water, in oceans, seas, rivers, and ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

“Our analysis shows that the solar system is moving more than three times faster than current models predict,” Böhme ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

NASA’s latest mission, designed to study the effects of the solar wind on the atmosphere of Mars, was ironically delayed on ...

For many, space travel is unrealistic – spaceships are expensive, and interplanetary exploration doesn’t fit in with a 9-to-5 ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...