According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

NASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...

If the solar system had a corporate structure, Jupiter would be the CEO, while Saturn ensures rules are followed. Venus ...

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

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

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

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

Found by Dr Michael Cretignier of the University of Oxford, the planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits in a "habitable zone" of a star similar to the sun.

If it’s real, some may question whether something with a mass about three times Pluto’s counts as a planet at all.