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 ...

Because they're surrounded by foul-smelling gases that are incompatible with the human sense of smell, living on the surface ...

Autumn brings longer, cooler and clearer nights. Summer’s bright constellations and dense star clouds of the Milky Way give ...

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

It is clear, however, that the planets cannot have entered the system from outer ... At the same time, solar tidal friction may be adequate to explain the facts that one of the satellites of ...

The discovery may help scientists understand when and where planets like super-Earths can form in our galaxy, and help astronomers focus their search for planets around stars that are more likely to ...

Homeowners are installing solar panels in increasing numbers and reaping the financial and environmental benefits. But some ...

This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...

Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom could be careening through the solar system unnoticed ... a primordial black hole passes close to a planet, it could produce noticeable effects ...

Palmetto, Solar Energy World, and Blue Raven Solar are the best solar companies in the U.S., based on a review by the MarketWatch Guides team. A residential solar system from one of our top ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.