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 ...

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

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the ...

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

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a potential second Kuiper Belt, expanding the boundaries of our solar system. Here's ...

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might ...

ISRO Venus Orbiter Mission, a Rs 1,236cr project, will explore Venus's environment & understand its transformation from a ...

Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified previously unknown celestial bodies in the outer Solar System, ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, this gigantic cloud was transformed into our Sun. The processes that followed gave rise to the solar system, complete with eight planets, 181 moons, and countless ...

emphasizing that it can sometimes be easier to spot planets hundreds of light-years away than those within our Solar System. NASA to establish a lunar time standard for future exploration missions ...