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 ...

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

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

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

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

Is there a planet beyond Pluto (which is now a dwarf planet itself) in the outer solar system? This is a question that has haunted astronomers for ages, and if all goes well, the answer will be ...

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

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Rarely even acknowledged as the first planets discovered beyond our solar system, pulsar planets were first found in the radio spectrum circling ...

Some key facts about the main asteroid belt: It contains around 1.9 million asteroids larger than 1 km in diameter. The four largest objects in the belt are Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. Ceres is ...