Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

The fact that our solar system has eight planets (unless you’re a Pluto apologist) is one of the first things we learn in our educational journey (anyone remember the “Blue’s Clues” planet song?). But ...

(WHTM) – Our solar system has eight (was nine) planets and is roughly 4.571 billion years old. The planets in our solar system include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ...

PASADENA, Calif.–The International Astronomical Union (IAU) today downgraded the status of Pluto to that of a “dwarf planet,” a designation that will also be applied to the spherical body discovered ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...

The Solar System is more than just planets; it is home to a dazzling variety of moons, each with its own unique charm. Some ...

Parker Solar Probe Makes History by Touching the Sun 8 million miles above the Sun's surface on December 24, 2024, traveling ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course. When ...