Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

The long-awaited Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a cutting-edge new telescope perched atop a mountain in Chile, released its first ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, was once so big that it could have held 2,000 Earths. Jupiter is our system's oldest planet, forming from the ...