When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, it ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor and continues to be a treasure trove of information about the condition of ...

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer ...