There are eight official planets (sorry, Pluto) in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...

Eris was discovered. It was considered the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system until a year later when Pluto was ...

7, 2023. People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour ‘kiss-and-capture’ encounter after a grazing ...

In the heat of the Mojave Desert, the world's largest solar generator is utilizing advanced heliostat technology to produce ...

The solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Astronomers believe that roughly 100 million years into its existence, the planets first began to form in a rotating, flat cloud of gas ...

Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which Bolton calls a “monster.” The moon’s orbit is imperfect, meaning that sometimes it comes closer to Jupiter during its ...

People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its brightest ...