When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Jupiter, king of our solar system’s planets, continues to dominate the night sky in February. Lying inside the zodiac ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period — even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed — Earth’s solar system and its planets looked ...

Just decades after the first exoplanets were identified, our database of the distant worlds—monitored by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute—has breached a new threshold. Now, astronomers have ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the ...

Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...