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

From breathtaking views of asteroids to stunning planetary snapshots, Hubble’s exploration of our solar system has been ...

Smaller gas giants are less likely to survive in such systems, surrounded by clashing planetary titans. With their lower ...

NASA's Director of Planetary Science, Jim Green, discusses the Jan. 20 2016 Astronomical Journal science paper that points to ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

James Woods has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires that continue to devastate parts of Los ...