Earth is the only body in the solar system that currently exhibits plate tectonics, whose movements explain this surface crack along the San Andreas Fault. (Image credit: Bob Rowan via Getty Images) ...

If an Earth-like planet awaits beyond Neptune, it promises to open a new chapter in planetary science. Note: Materials provided above by The Brighter Side of News . Content may be edited for style ...

A multidisciplinary team from the California Institute of Technology is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for testing a satellite that proves it’s possible to collect solar energy in ...

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have discovered a new planet in our solar system.

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system.

Beyond our solar system: scientists identify a new exoplanet candidate. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250304212337.htm ...

Our solar system consists of four small, rocky, inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) and four large, gaseous, outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).

When the Solar System was forming from a molecular cloud around 4.5 billion years ago, temperatures in the inner region were too high for volatile chemicals such as water to condense.