Ultimately, the question of why some planets have moons is still widely debated, but factors such as a planet’s size, ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden celestial objects.

The Delta Astronomical Society (DAS), the staff of Genesis Graphics, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) director and ...

As a result, the Earth is not currently orbiting a point inside the Sun, as the barycenter is outside of it. We are orbiting ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Meanwhile, NASA has sent spacecraft to study every planet in the Solar System and currently has spacecraft at or on the way to the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, a metal asteroid, and to interstellar space.

Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year ...

Tiny glass beads from Apollo missions reveal Moon's ancient volcanic eruptions through sparkling mineral coatings.

The seven planets in the system closely orbit their star, so that if TRAPPIST-1 were in place of our sun in the solar system, the planets surrounding it would all be within the orbit of Mercury ...

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in ...

There could be a ninth planet in our Solar System after all — and no, it’s not Pluto. Instead, it’s the theoretical Planet X, also called Planet Nine, a wide-orbit planet that would circle the Sun ...