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

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the elusive zodiacal light. Caused by light reflecting and scattering off dust in the plane of our solar system, one of the best times to ...

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

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

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

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 ...

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

Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets) comes from looking at dips in starlight as these planets pass in front of their host star. This technique can ...

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

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...