The solar system is a collection of celestial bodies held together by the sun's gravitational pull. Our solar system is ...

I’m not sure whether it was elementary school science classes or Fred Flintstone’s Brontosaurus burgers that made the giant ...

October half term is almost upon us and you'll no doubt be on the hunt for things to do with the kids. With Halloween at the ...

Dan Kleban, a Democrat running in Maine's Senate race, told Newsweek he wants to show voters that the "American dream isn't dead." ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Astronomers have been actively hunting for a ninth planet in the solar system for almost a decade. But a new study has ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

More than 2 billion kilometers farther from the sun than Pluto, a frigid world named Makemake sports the most distant gas ever seen in our solar system, new observations reveal. “By surprise, we found ...