Most of us learned the basics of our solar system in school. Eight planets, one sun, some moons, a couple of asteroid belts.

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are ...

Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That’s what would be in store if you visited other ...

Unlike rocky planets such as Mars and Earth, angrites do not have a lot of silicon dioxide. Because of this, astronomers have ...

This week's science news.

The solar system’s history is steeped in mystery, with suggestions of ancient chaos possibly casting out enormous planets.

A village in Kent is home to what is thought to be the world's largest scale model of the solar system and beyond, created to ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

The jokes write themselves. The post NASA’s James Webb Discovers That 3I/ATLAS Let One Rip as It Passed Through Solar System ...

Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...

This small, unassuming mineral may be older than Earth itself. Krotite reminds us of the vast timescales and surprising ...