Neptune, the most distant major planet in the Solar System, has finally given up one of its longest held secrets. After ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Astronomers recently made an important discovery when they found a rare "in-sync" solar system with six planets all moving in one big grand harmony, completely untouched by outside ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

A cluster of objects has astronomers puzzled. The post Scientists Discover Weird Structure in Outer Solar System appeared ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

Astronomers using planet-hunting satellites have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving completely in sync with one another, as if they were untouched by any outside force since being ...

If we look at the gas giant planets in our solar neighborhood, we see a clear pattern; the more massive the planet, the lower the percentage of “heavier” elements (anything other than hydrogen and ...