A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

So far, searches for the hypothetical Planet Nine have yielded no such world. There are many possible reasons for this, one ...

"The most exciting part of the HSC was the discovery of 11 objects at distances beyond the known Kuiper Belt," said Yoshida.

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

For about 4.5 billion years, our planet has circled the sun on a stable, rhythmic path. Each of Earth's orbits takes ...

Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) recently installed a permanent Voyage Mark II Model Solar System exhibit on campus as ...

A star’s flyby likely altered the orbits of trans-Neptunian objects beyond Neptune that changes how we view the solar ...

Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did ...

Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.

According to the experts, the mysterious objects could be essential for a better understanding of the formation of the solar ...

New proposed space missions, led by the University of Leicester, will study stellar impacts on planets and Earth’s ...

The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible ...