Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

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

A planetary alignment happens when several planets appear in a line from Earth’s point of view. Mercury will join Venus, Mars ...

The article humorously imagines how planets would describe themselves if they were dating profiles. Each planet has a unique ...