Recent simulations and research have unveiled a fascinating new insight into the history of the solar system’s terrestrial planets. For years, scientists speculated about how the rocky planets—Earth, ...

From the scorching surface of Mercury to the icy edges of Neptune, our planetary neighborhood is full of wonders. The order of the planets isn't just trivia—it tells a story about temperature, ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in elliptical trajectories, and they are all different in size, composition, ...

This is like getting a baby picture of our own solar system,' says Gabriel Weible, University of Arizona graduate student who ...

The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the planets in our solar system may have been revealed through the discovery of subtle warps spotted in many planet-forming disks around young stars.

The sun, the planets and asteroids in our solar system were all formed about 4,560 million years ago from a "common ancestor", a Science Week Ireland lecture was told in Dublin last night. Dr Ian ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...