Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

from Mars through to distant Neptune? Then you will need a suitable telescope, one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system. But which one to choose? We've got you ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans ...