Comets and asteroids also orbit the sun. Together the Sun, the eight planets, the moons, asteroids and comets make up our Solar System.

Comets and asteroids also orbit the sun. Together the Sun, the eight planets, the moons, asteroids and comets make up our Solar System.

Astronomers have officially announced the name of the largest structure in the known universe. It was reported earlier this ...

Astrophysicists Reveal Structure of 74 Exocomet Belts Orbiting ... a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

A new study reveals Quipu, a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters, being dubbed the largest structure in the known universe.

Discover Quipu, the universe's largest known structure, spanning 1.3 billion light-years and containing 200 quadrillion solar ...

"The images reveal a remarkable diversity in the structure of belts. Some are narrow rings, as in the canonical picture of a 'belt' like our Solar System's Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. But a larger ...

in San Diego, California, the team studied arch-like structures called coronal ... radiation that accompanies solar flares. For example, an automated system could look for brightness changes ...