The celestial bodies in our solar system take many forms. Some are made of rock, others gas, and others even ice. The farther ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

These moons were found orbiting the furthest planets in our solar system: one around Uranus ... in one of Shakespeare's plays, just like all of Uranus' other moons. It is about 5 miles across ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

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The Sun’s gravity holds all of these objects together ... other planets and moons – or even travel much further, away from our solar system. Space probes have been sent to observe the outer ...

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 ...

Looking further into the future, scientists dream of even more ambitious missions. Some ideas include sending submarines into ...